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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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