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Z8wwv TIL that Mr Rodgers influenced the Supreme Court to allow the recording of TV shows, arguing that it allows parents to become “much more active in the programming of their family’s television life. Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others.”
loNwN TIL that the UK has a TV show where parents watch helplessly as their kids pick between prizes like a luxury vacation or a stuffed unicorn.
0dkbM Today I learned that Tigger's iconic "TTFN" catchphrase was ad-libbed by Paul Winchell at the suggestion of his wife.
WWnd TIL The Austrian wine market collapsed in 1985 when it was discovered winemakers were adding antifreeze to artificially sweeten the wine.
eP1n TIL that a popular 70s Japanese kids show called Rascal the Raccoon led to a raccoon adoption craze in Japan. Eventually, raccoons invaded the wild, where they continue to this day to wreak havoc on infrastructure and the environment as they have no natural predators.