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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Adrick_ on 2023-10-15 16:54:03+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Pokémon’s Porygon episode which featured a series of rapidly alternating red and blue frames that provoked epileptic seizures in hundreds of children (685 viewers – 310 boys and 375 girls). As a result of the incident, the Pokémon anime went into a four-month hiatus.