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You're a mouse studying to be a rat.

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Wilson Mizner
Age: 56 †
Born: 1876
Born: May 19
Died: 1933
Died: April 3
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Benicia
California
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Sarcastic
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Mouse
Rats
Mice

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