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1GMD TIL Mel Blanc’s tombstone reads; “That’s all folks!”
dD9YQ TIL Franz Kafka held a lifelong belief that other people found him mentally and physically repulsive. In reality, many who met him found him to be handsome, intelligent, and possessing a good sense of humor.
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