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Male penguins are unfaithful up to an advanced age, a phenomenon sometimes attributed to the sea air.

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Will Cuppy
Age: 65 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 23
Died: 1949
Died: September 19
Critic
Humorist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Auburn
Indiana
William Jacob Cuppy
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Unfaithful
Advanced
Phenomenon
Male
Males
Sea

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