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TIL Die Hard is not only based on a book, it’s a sequel and the original starred Frank Sinatra

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GA9O5 TIL that the person who has most often performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is actress Marlee Matlin, who has provided ASL Sign Language translations three times.
lGAa TIL of ‘Code of the Secret Service’, a movie which lead actor Ronald Reagan called “the worst picture I ever made.” The film inspired a man named Jerry Sparr to join the Secret Service, who in 1981, saved President Ronald Reagan from an assassination attempt
worY8 TIL the first food ever smuggled into space was a corned beef sandwich. It was smuggled onboard the Gemini III NASA mission on March 23, 1965 by Astronaut John Young to give to fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. Grissom was not scheduled to eat anything during the 4 hour 52 minute orbital mission.
MWLm TIL the man that (probably) holds the record for the most burglaries committed was a hermit that lived in the Maine woods and avoided human contact for almost 30 years
a8kBN TIL about Kazuo Nagano, a Japanese fraudster murdered at home in front of 40 reporters after he was caught stealing 12 billion yen from the elderly. None intervened and the killer only got 10 years in prison.