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TIL Season 1 of MAS*H included a black doctor named “Spearchucker” Jones who was subsequently dropped after writers discovered no black doctors served during the Korean War.

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KYMaG TIL: Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs to contain China and ultimately win the Korean War.