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x6bV5 TIL the kid characters in Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold!" (1996) were all voiced by real kids.
OGDYg TIL in 1999, a grass roots email campaign was able to get the 1988 song "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids On The Block onto MTV's "Total Request Live" show by encouraging people to vote for it. It landed at number 2 on the countdown.
W7QO4 TIL the end of 1983 broadcast of the TV movie "Adam", about the murder of Adam Walsh featured a photo of future rapper Bizzy Bone among photos missing children. A babysister recognized said photo and helped reunite him with his mother, having been abducted by his stepfather at the age of 4.