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

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QJAAp TIL that Bobby Darin wrote "Splish Splash" after a DJ bet him that he couldn't make a hit song that started with "Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath"
xVwvD TIL penguins were named for their resemblance to “penguins” a now-extinct bird unrelated to penguins
mxvKY TIL about Ubang, The Nigerian community where men and women speak different languages