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TIL the "Adoption" episode of "You Can't Do That On Television" (which is the TV show that introduced green slime on Nickelodeon) was so controversial that it was banned in the U.S. The co-creator of the show later stated that the writers were unaware of the sensitive nature of the subject.

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xlM1 TIL that since 1989 the federal government has paid $2.4 billion in awards for 3100+ injuries/deaths proven to have been caused by adverse reactions to vaccinations. Not a single one of the 4,564 claims of vaccine-caused autism was found to have merit.
J1ar4 TIL The first CIA agent killed in the line of duty got killed partly because the American government failed to notify the Tibetan government of their arrival, and partly because he was disguised as a Kazakh, who were on hostile terms with the Tibetans.
X0Bgr TIL: In WW2 the military held Drag shows, to boost morale and as forms of entertainment, also know as GIs as Dolls, there were even handbooks to help military put on the shows to get them done correctly known as the blueprint specials
v84j TIL Thomas Jefferson believed blacks were inherently inferior to whites, but were superior in musical ability.
OdYa TIL that a New Orleans police officer committed an armed robbery murdering a uniformed policeman and two employees of a restaurant in the process. One employee hid in the freezer and was spared; the officer returned to “investigate” the crime, and was identified by the survivor as the shooter