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shhhhquiet t1_j4k04be wrote

Reply to comment by JustAPerspective in TIL that when Weird Al wrote I Want A New Duck in 1985, he went to the library and researched ducks for a week by ElderCunningham

Coin op copiers were a thing in the 80s and any library with a collection big enough to support a week of in-person research just on ducks probably had one. It would have been a high priority in fact. I remember using them in my not-terribly-large public library in the late 80s.

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JustAPerspective t1_j4kftb0 wrote

Entirely possible - our experiences weren't universal, & our recollection could readily be wrong.

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