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TIL there was a child orgy scene in Stephen Kings IT

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JEwB TIL that comedy film Airplane! is a direct parody of 1957 movie Zero Hour! Many scenes, situations, lines of dialogue, as well as the entire storyline, are redone almost verbatim
JAWk TIL that Toyota was founded by a man named Akio Toyoda, but named Toyota because of Japanese superstition: writing the symbols “Toyota” requires 8 brushstrokes, a lucky number in Japan, while the 10 brushstrokes of “Toyoda” is an inauspicious sign.
16o84 TIL that the year before Spinal Tap was released, British comedians made their own mockumentary about a spoof heavy metal band called Bad News
G6oQ TIL the Mongols once built a large wooden platform and forced six Russian princes to lay down underneath it. The Mongol generals then held a feast on the platform, crushing the Russians to death.
7DKr TIL That rush of euphoria after a long run doesn’t come from endorphins, long believed to be the source, but from the same chemical compounds found in marijuana