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TIL the word is scoot not scootch for the phrase scoot over

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16BQO TIL about Snuffy's Parents Get A Divorce, an unaired episode of Sesame Street that was produced in '92. After tests showed that young viewers were confused by the episode and did not understand important concepts about divorce, the producers decided not to air it, despite the investment they'd made.
8nZZ TIL that Snoop Dogg once tried to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for a video shoot, and the main reason they said no is because he didn’t give them enough notice.
LkVjV TIL The briefcase in Pulp Fiction originally contained diamonds but that was deemed too predictable so it was decided that the contents were never to be seen. This way each audience member would fill in the blank with their own contents.
QKa9 TIL that being taken hostage by Iraq does not get you out of paying child support for that time. Instead you will be arrested upon your release for failure to pay.
x6rJk TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte wasn’t actually as short as many people believe? The idea that he was extremely short comes from a measurement conversion error between the French and British systems. In reality, he was about 1.69 m (5'7"), which was an average height for his time.