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What short-lived (1-2seasons) show would you want brought back & why?

by QuestionGuy May 6, 2023, 6:21 am

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TIL: Fukushima Ind. hat a shortlived mascot named “Fukuppy”, a portmanteau of Fukushima and Happy

by whatilearned November 22, 2022, 12:14 am

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TIL: An English pickle manufacturer and convert to Islam accepted an offer to become the king of the short-lived state of Islamestan in Central Asia, but before his camel train arrived at his new capital, Kashgar, the country had descended into chaos; the Soviets then reestablished Chinese control.

by whatilearned October 24, 2022, 5:30 pm

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TIL the cult 1960s animated TV show Roger Ramjet made history as the first animated series to ever be given a home video release, when it was released in 1972 on the short-lived “Cartrivision” format.

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 3:16 pm

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TIL There was a dark short-lived pop music subgenre from the late 50’s to early 60’s known as “Teenage Tragedy”, where deaths of loved ones was the common theme. Examples: “Leader of the Pack”, “Teen Angel”,

by whatilearned February 15, 2022, 1:15 am

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TIL about the plunge for distance, a short-lived olympic swim event where competitors jumped from the edge of the pool and floated motionless as far as possible. It was criticized as “not an athletic event at all” since competitors “merely throw themselves heavily into the water and float along”.

by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 11:28 pm

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What short-lived TV show should’ve had at least one more season?

by QuestionGuy January 25, 2022, 6:37 pm

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TIL that George Newhall and Tom Yohe, co-creators of the “School House Rock” series of educational short songs, produced a similar series for NBC in 1978 called “The Metric Marvels” to teach kids about the metric system in support of the US’ short-lived transition to metric.

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 3:23 am

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TIL Ivan VI became Emperor of Russia at only two months old. His reign was short-lived, as his cousin, Elizabeth overthrew him, and placed his family in prison. Ivan would go on to spend the rest of his life in prison before being executed. His siblings were than placed under permanent house arrest.

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 10:47 pm

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TIL that both the Comic Sans font and Clippy the digital assistant were originally designed for the same short-lived and critically derided operating system, Microsoft Bob.

by whatilearned November 11, 2021, 1:55 pm

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TIL That in Georgian Britain, hiring of “Ornamental Hermits” for estates was a short-lived trend.

by whatilearned September 23, 2021, 1:42 pm

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TIL that before Mos Def released his acclaimed debut album, Black On Both Sides, in 1999, he was already a successful actor, notably landing a role on a short-lived CBS sitcom at 16 years old and starring alongside Bill Cosby in “The Cosby Mysteries”

by whatilearned July 19, 2021, 12:39 pm

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