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TIL that the word "bangarang", made famous by the film Hook, is Jamaican slang for, "riot, disturbance, or mischief."

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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.
loxZ1 TIL Around 1990, The Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared on James Whale's show and sexually harassed the show's co-host, Cleo Rocos, to the point that Whale (who was gay) pretended he was engaged to the woman to get the band to stop molesting her.
v1Jj TIL that The Room’s popularity as one of the best bad movies of all time can be traced back to a single critic, who after attending a screening in an empty theater, called all his friends, encouraging them to come to the theater and join him in mocking the film for its next showing
KYr56 TIL of the Coolidge effect, a biological phenomenon seen in animals, whereby males exhibit renewed sexual interest whenever a new female is introduced, even after sex with prior but still available sexual partners.
kA8B TIL in 1998, there was a Japanese realty show that was about a comedian named Eggplant who lived in a one-room apartment and had to win $10,000 worth of prizes from magazine contests to win the show. All the food he ate and clothes he wore had to be won also. It was a gigantic hit show in Japan.