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TIL the movie TOP GUN has a PG rating, despite S**t being said over 30 times, a drawn-out sex scene, drinking, smoking, and graphic violence.

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p8NXb TIL The first purpose-built (and large-scale produced) drone was the product of Reginald Denny. He served with the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and after the war, in 1919, emigrated to the United States to seek his fortunes in Hollywood as an actor.
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