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TIL that Cap'n Crunch was born “on Crunch Island in the Sea of Milk – a magical place with talking trees, crazy creatures and a whole mountain (Mt. Crunchmore) made out of Cap’n Crunch cereal.” And his real name is Horatio Magellan Crunch

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