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5VQrQ TIL the title of the song in the beginning of Shrek (2001) is "All Star", not "Somebody Once Told Me".
oR1O8 TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, which rolled over while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. Barely half of the vessel was submerged, yet 844 people (mostly poor working-class immigrants) perished, killing more passengers than the Titanic.
5YWK9 TIL about the Simpson Wave, a sub-genre of hiphop that combines vaporwave and heavily distorted moments from "The Simpsons", to give it a 90's nostalgic feel.
9oGG TIL that the “bubonic plague” was a specific way of dying from the plague wherein lymph nodes would swell into lumps called “bubos.” This is also the origin of bruises being called “boo-boos.”
yVBoa TIL Texas did not have safety regulations on natural gas until after a school blew up and hundreds of children were killed. No one was held accountable, but they passed strict regulations afterwards. It was so bad that even Hitler sent a letter of condolence.