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TIL Voice of Bugs Bunny, Mel Blanc, fell into a coma after a car accident and would only respond to people who addressed him as one of his many cartoon characters and did so in character. The first thing he said after 3 weeks was “What’s up doc?” to a doctor who said “How ya doin Bugs Bunny?”

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