I found this while reflectoring. It appears that certain generic types are preloaded in order to prime the JIT compiler, and reduce type allocation (setting up MethodTables and EEClasses) latency.
A reasonable thing to do, and probably testing of the framework found unsatisfactory results, so hacks were inserted, and clearly labeled. I wonder if a subsequent service pack will eliminate these?
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