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TIL that Michael Jackson and Sting were Jim Henson's first choices for Jareth in Labyrinth, before his son Brian convinced him that David Bowie would be perfect

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Brmnr TIL in 1987 Iraq attacked the United States ship USS Stark and killed 37 sailors
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