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TIL Mississippi refused to air Sesame Street in 1970 due to its mixed-race cast.

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E1Vxo TIL about the first cartoon ever made. "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" was released on April 6, 1906 by J. Stuart Blackton. The film features chalk drawings that move and change.
roD4 TIL in 2012 a Chinese father hired gamers to ‘kill’ his son in-game repeatedly to stop his gaming addicition
16M5P TIL about the The “Door to Hell” – A Giant, Burning Crater That Has Been on Fire for Over 50 Years in Turkmenistan
16KXr TIL The Godfather almost didn’t get made because Paramount didn’t believe in it, and the director nearly got fired before the studio saw the rough cut. It went on to become one of the most iconic films of all time.
awmnJ TIL about a church located on what was formerly highway 666 in Ontario that asked the Ministry of Transportation to change the highway number so as not to be located on the 'Highway to Hell'.