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TIL the 1992 show "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" so offended the owner of the network that he called the studio and cancelled it minutes into the first episode

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R7PO8 TIL that Sarah Hyland, of Modern Family fame, was diagnosed with kidney dysplasia when she was young, received two kidney transplants from her father and her brother and has undergone 16 surgeries, even during the shooting of Modern Family
7rMap TIL that my band still isn' famous
N7M9Q TIL that Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison studio has net $2.5 billion over 35 films for an avg. profit of over $70 million per film.
R5Wxa TIL in 1977 singer Bonnie Tyler had an operation to remove vocal cord nodules and was told to rest her voice for six weeks. One day she screamed in frustration causing permanent vocal damage. This lead to her distinctive husky voice which has been a huge asset in her career.
JE74 TIL there is controversy about scientists naming a protein “sonic hedgehog”. A mutation in this protein can cause serious birth defects and many scientists/clinicians dislike the idea of telling parents their child has “a mutation in their sonic hedgehog”