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TIL rappers Puff Daddy and Heavy D hosted an AIDS benefit in NYC in 1991. Unfortunately, overselling the event led to a stampede in which nine people died.

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7rvEM TIL that Star Wars lore was heavily influenced by Hinduism. George Lucas was a fan of the works of Joseph Campbell and his seminal book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. Campbell was responsible for popularizing many Hindu legends and theological concepts in the West through his works.
awGko TIL that James Franco launched a college course entitled "Master Class: Editing James Franco...with James Franco," in which student editors are to compile a 30 minute documentary on Franco, using behind the scenes footage of Franco supplied by Franco, to "create a cinematic image of James Franco."
Mo9W TIL: That a lake near Whitefish, Montana named “Nigger Lake” was deemed to be too offensive and was renamed…To “Lost Coon Lake.”
y15M TIL that the US is on 43rd place on freedom of press
YlEd TIL that Indiana Jones has changed the image of archaeology. Before ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (1981), people imagined an archaeologist as a weak, older person who needs rescuing. Now the stereotype is a male Ivy League professor/adventurer with a bullwhip.