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Charles Darwin got totally hammered, woke up next to a monkey and decided he had to come up with a theory to make it all okay.

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Stephen Colbert
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 13
Actor
Comedian
Satirist
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Television Producer
Washington
District of Columbia
Stephen Tyrone Colbert
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