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TIL that in 1941 Time Magazine planned to have Dumbo the Elephant as their Person (or in this case, "Mammal") of the Year due to the success of the Disney Film released that year. However, following the Pearl Harbor Attacks, Time quickly changed their Person of the year to Franklin D. Roosevelt

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