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TIL of “rural purge”, a mass cancellation of rural tv shows in the 70s to please the growing urban and suburban market

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OoeB1 TIL that the first Native American to meet the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock greeted them in English.
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mxa8v TIL The Japanese dub of SpongeBob has Plankton voiced by a woman who gives the character a typical chibi voice
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