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TIL that Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s favorite episode of South Park is “Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus (1998)”

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E1GXV TIL "Spider-Woman" was originally intended as a one-off character by Marvel for the sake of simply establishing trademark, but the first issue sold unexpectedly well. Writer/editor Marv Wolfman was asked to take the character to an ongoing series
jNoxv TIL after the Boy Scouts changed their rules and brand to make themselves gender neutral (to allow girls to join) they got sued by the Girl Scouts of America who considered their rebrand a violation of their copyrights.
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