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b9B54 TIL in 1993, a 5 year old set his house on fire, killing his 2 year old sister. The mother blamed Beavis and Butt-head for making fire seem "cool". As a result, MTV removed all references of fire from their past and future episodes (not the 2011 run) and rescheduled it for 10:30pm instead of 7:00pm
7rpDZ TIL local ABC affiliates owned by Sinclair Media refused to air "Saving Private Ryan" when it was aired nationally on Veterans Day 2004. Sinclair judged that the movie was "obscene" because it "contains numerous unedited uses of the F-word".
xVoNo TIL an area of Canada nearly x2 the size of Texas was almost renamed "Bob" after politicians in the Northwest Territories asked residents for a new name. The campaign to name the territory Bob began as a prank but thousands supported it.