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TIL Police Squad was cancelled because, according to the network’s entertainment president, “the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it”

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Kv74 TIL The Germans answer their phone by stating their surname. No “hello”. No “bueno”. No “moshi moshi”. Just [insert last name].
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ereb TIL the movie “Blazing Saddles” was the first film from a major studio to have a fart joke.
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