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TIL that Stan Lee and Dr. Seuss were in the same military unit during WW2

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R5WWQ Today I learned that Shel Silverstein once made an adult cartoon version of his popular story The Giving Tree. Entitled "I Accept the Challenge", it was about a naked woman who cuts off a naked man's arms and legs, and then sits on his torso.
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