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fujiyamasan

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10. I had no idea he was behind Captain Planet

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 03:15 AM

11 hrs ago

I just looked it up and apparently Turner followed through on his $1B pledge to the UN.

Interesting personality… It’s a shame what ended up happening to CNN though. They had great anchors early on like Bernard Shaw.

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