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TIL that Marvin the Martian only made five appearances in the original run of Looney Tunes cartoons.

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kOXg4 TIL that "Cult Toons", those crazy 'remixes' of Hanna-Barbera cartoons with blaxploitation and martial arts movies which were on Cartoon Network at the end of the 90s, were produced in the UK.
a8M59 TIL that JFK didn’t invite Sammy Davis Jr. to his 1961 inauguration as Sammy had married a white woman, and JFK was worried that the presence of an interracial couple would upset Southerners. Dean Martin, who was angered by this news, refused to attend the inauguration in solidarity with Sammy.
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