Things you didn't know until very recently...

The great Stan Lee has passed away. :'(

The now-defunct Nickelodeon hotel in Florida offered wedding services & honeymoon suites.

Devolver Digital is based in Austin, Texas.

I recently read on Wikipedia that The National Post writer Tristan Hopper once said: "Unlike most children's programming, Caillou makes almost no attempt to educate its young audience. There are no veiled math problems, spelling lessons or morality tales; it's just calm, non-threatening, bright-coloured people navigating everyday tasks."

Given that Caillou also holds what might be a record for "educational preschool cartoon with most banned episodes" (seven are banned, if you're wondering), he might actually have a point; the fact that so many of that show's episodes were banned in comparison to how many banned episodes there are in similar shows somehow slipped by me, as did the potential lack of actual educational content. The next time I see a Caillou episode (if that ever happens at all), I'm going to pay special attention for if it contains any content that's actually educational to prove this theory.

UPDATE: (remembers there's an episode that teaches about Type 1 diabetes) ...oh, right. That's just one episode, though. I'm still keeping to my word the next time I see a Caillou episode.

Pretty much the only indicator that they're banned that I can think of is that they are no longer shown in reruns. As for actual sources, I unfortunately have none.

Edited by SparkPlugTheTroper on Nov 14th 2018 at 4:06:19 AM

Can I get a source for those banned episodes? I’ve seen it mentioned, but not by anyone I’d consider reliable.

If you want to watch, “Caillou Joins the Circus” (probably the most infamous episode) can be viewed here.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Nov 12th 2018 at 5:15:58 AM

Edited by ReikoKazama on Nov 13th 2018 at 1:08:37 AM

Poland of all places has a large neo-Nazi population.

There's a new manga about ... the founders of Apple.

Half this thread and half the History Thread. The national anthem of Germany got reused for Austria-Hungary.

Australia has mouse plagues

A group of sponges is called a sleeze.

I thought it was a reef.

You’re thinking of coral.

Getting immunized doesn't require an agonizing eight hour wait at the doctor's office.

The American lobster is the heaviest arthropod (even heavier than the Japanese spider crab).

How about the coconut crab?

The Telltale Games death match is speeding up: most, if not all of their games are disappearing from Steam listings, and I expect the console versions to not be far behind, provided they haven't been delisted from those storefronts already, as well.

Edited by WillyFourEyes on Nov 14th 2018 at 9:24:19 AM

About a fifth the size of the lobster (mostly because the Square-Cube Law is less restrictive on aquatic animals).

Dead men as they say,Tellnotale games

... Why are the existing games being unpersoned?

It's no longer legal to sell them as the company the originally sold them is no more,the rights to the tv show games like Walking Dead are no longer held by them but the original rights holder

Teen Vogue is apparently anti-capitalist.

The old NBA on NBC theme is called "Roundball Rock".

Only 44 polar bears live in captivity in the United States.

During World War 2 Japan bombed Australia,their target was Darwin