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MKo7 TIL Oscar the Grouch (SESAME STREET) used to be orange. Jim Henson decided to make him green before the second season of Sesame Street. How did Oscar explain the color change? He said he went on vacation to the very damp Swamp Mushy Muddy and turned green overnight.
kJpae TIL That the third season of 'Finding Your Roots' was delayed after it was discovered the show heavily edited an episode featuring Ben Affleck. Affleck pressured the show to do so after he was shown one of his ancestors was a slave owner.
Bgxpd TIL The naming convention for generations following Gen X, Y and Z follows the Greek Alphabet, with the current cohort known as Generation Alpha.
JYBjV TIL British minister Alan Clark once dismissed his colleague Michael Heseltine as the kind of person "who bought his own furniture" (as opposed to someone with 'breeding' who inherits furniture).
QJ8k9 TIL that although bamboo are commonly refered as "bamboo trees", bamboo aren't trees at all. They are actually one of the largest members of the grass family.