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TIL of Doozy Bots, an early attempt in 1991 to bring the Gundam anime franchise to the US. It involved a "Professor Doozy" turning a group of kids into various robots to fight other robots that went haywire. No networks picked up the series.

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v1aJR TIL: Nirvana played a concert in Beunos Aires where the crowd threw mud and trash at the all-girl opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset that he sabotaged the show by playing mostly lesser known songs and teasing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' without ever playing it.
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