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In the 1943 cartoon "Daffy the Commando," where Daffy Duck infiltrates Nazi Germany, there is a moment where he pulls down a window blind labelled "Asbestos" out of nowhere. Why was Asbestos an important part of this visual gag? Would that text have made this scene funnier at the time?

by /u/xiaorobear in /r/AskHistorians

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