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TIL that after a terrible car accident that put Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc.) into a coma, the only thing that woke him up was one of Blanc’s neurologists that asked, “Bugs Bunny, how are you doing today?” He replied, “Myeeeeh. What’s up doc?”

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