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Godzilla's 60 years of destruction and Dr. Pepper

Godzilla's 60 years of destruction and Dr. Pepper

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This is all true. In 1954, Godzilla made his feature-film debut. In 1962, he fought King Kong. In 1977 he took on The Avengers and Fantastic Four. In 1985, he sold Dr Pepper. In 1992 he played basketball with Charles Barkley. In 1998, he co-starred with Matthew Broderick in a romantic comedy by Roland Emmerich. And at some point in the timeline he took his son out for a loving stroll and taught him to use atomic breath.

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