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Published Sun, Feb 7, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    THEY'VE been popularised as emojis with the advent of smartphones, but where do the three wise monkeys - who exhort us to see no evil, speak no evil, and hear no evil - come from?

    In the Year of the Monkey, it's an entirely appropriate question to ponder.

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