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Today I learned that in 1970 Mississippi banned Sesame Street because it’s integrated cast was too controversial at the time

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OGDOL TIL Mr. T chose his professional name to stop people from disrespecting him and his family members who had served in Vietnam by calling them "boy." He wanted everyone to address him as "Mister" to show proper respect.
VMDBp TIL of the phenomenon known as misophonia where certain repetitive sounds (commonly chewing) trigger specific emotional responses that are intolerant towards that noise. Common reactions are anger, annoyance, disgust, and even panic in an attempt to get away from the noise.
6EXw8 TIL of Turritopsis dohrnii, the immortal jellyfish, which upon being attacked, becoming sick or old, can completely revert to a sexually immature polyp stage, and begin its "life" again - a process which can go on indefinitely - effectively rendering it biologically immortal.
wVOo TIL - During the American Civil War, Southern children were fed excuses for why Santa would not be visiting them on Christmas. One excuse was that a yankee had shot him.
4XZmg TIL that the early versions of the Easy-Bake Oven, a child's toy that allows children to bake small treats, used incandescent lightbulbs as their heat source. That's because these bulbs were so inefficient that only 5% of the electricity they used produced light. The rest produced heat.