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TIL that King of Jordan, Abdullah II, lent the crew of John Wick: Chapter 4 a chopper to film the sunrise shot in the film.

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ep0Gn TIL The helicopters in Apocalypse Now (1979) belonged to The Philippines. During the famous “The Ride of the Valkyries” scene, the helicopters had to leave the set to go and fight insurgents who were positioned just 10 miles away.
0wjaj TIL (Memorial day) 61% of U.S troops killed in Vietnam were younger than 21 years old. Many had been drafted
okDY TIL Jack Nicholson turned down the roles of Travis Bickle, Gordon Gekko, Raymond Babbitt, Michael Corleone and Willard in Apocalypse Now, among many others
WmZA TIL: Quoted over $60,000 for dental work, a man ended up traveling outside of the US to get the same treatment done for $3,000 from a dentist in Mexico.
69M9l TIL the Celilo Falls on the Colombia River was one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in North America and a major fishing and trading hub for many Native American tribes. In 1957, the newly-built Dalles Dam submerged the falls along with many settlements which had to be relocated.