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TIL that “Hunt for Red October” was inspired by an actual defection attempt by Soviet naval mutineers in 1975. The mutineers seized a destroyer and made way for Sweden. The ship was bombed and disabled by the Soviets. The leader of the mutiny was quickly executed.

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