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Welcome to the New Year's E version of Cool Stuff Ride Home, where we bring you some of the

more interesting, intriguing, and downright cool stories from around the world. I'm Regger Rizu alongside Marcus Paff on today's

episode, Great Apes love teasing and fooling around, which leads scientists to believe

humor is actually older than humans. And researchers discover some artificial heart patients

are able to regrow heart muscle, offering new hope for future treatments.

Plus, on this day in history, the tradition of celebrating New Year's Eve at Times Square,

which began over 100 years ago along with the ball dropping that started a few years after that.

That's all coming up on cool stuff.

Turning to Erica Cartmill and the Scientific American publication.

One sunny afternoon in San Diego, three-year-old Aisha played outside while her father sat nearby.

Her father wasn't paying much attention to her, so Aisha took a toy and waved it at him.

When he didn't respond, she redoubled her efforts, gently bonking him on the head

with the toy. She looked at her dad's face expectantly, but to no avail. Aisha then waved the toy

in her dad's face and brushed it across the top of his head, making it get harder and harder

for him to ignore her. Finally, he gave in and watched while she swung on a swing. Like most three-year-olds, you might know, Aisha could be a handful.

Unlike those three-year-olds, Aisha is an orangutan.

She's now 11, and she and her family live in the San Diego Zoo.

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