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Escape from Monkey Mountain - UI Podcast #244

Useless Information Podcast by Airwave Media Podcast Network

Jul 29, 202524:23Society & Culture

Nearly 175 monkeys escaped from a zoo in Massapequa, New York in 1935. Led by an outlaw monkey named Al Capone, they mostly took refuge in the woods. While the vast majority of the monkeys were soon accounted for, Al Cap...

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