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    Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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    Sesame Street's Scariest Episode Never Aired Again
    In 1976, an episode of Sesame Street was aired that scared kids so much, they've refused to air it ever since.
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    Mermaid Mockumentary
    Mermaid Mockumentary
    In 2012, Animal Planet aired a two-hour mockumentary called "Mermaid: The Body Found" that many viewers found so convincing, they overwhelmed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with phone calls demanding the truth about the existence of mermaids.
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    The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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    The Power Rangers command center is a real building located in a California University.
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    John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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    God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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    Raj from the Big Bang Theory is married to Miss India.
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