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TIL that the word “she” only appears once in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”

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LQB8r TIL one episode from the Pokemon anime, titled "Dennō Senshi Porygon", had a scene that caused viewers to experience seizures, temporary blindness, convulsions, and lost consciousness. 685 viewers, all of them kids, had to be taken to the hospital. It never aired outside of Japan.
P1a6V TIL Snoop Dogg had a sketch comedy show called "Doggy Fizzle Televizzle" in 2002 on MTV. It lasted for eight episodes. The show was canceled after the rapper asked for $1 million to return for a second season.
AD50x TIL that there were originally 8 of the foundational Stoic Discourses of Epictetus. Only the first 4 survive today.
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