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TIL that within five years of Dr. Seuss’ death, his widow sold Seuss’ theme park rights to Universal Studios; multimedia rights to Living Books; and film rights to Steven Spielberg. Jim Henson’s son remarked that her business practices were over-saturating the market.

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