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TIL Hulu removed a Golden Girls episode in 2020 after a scene where Blanche and Rose, wearing mud masks, joke, “We’re not black,” during a plot about Dorothy’s son marrying a Black woman. Though not blackface, the scene was misinterpreted. The episode was restored in 2023 after a review of context.

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nmmd TIL an idiot is a stupid person with a mental age below 3 years, while a moron is a stupid person with a mental age of between 7 to 12.
KYAO4 TIL that Victorians use to take family photos with their recently dead loves ones.
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