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TIL that the 1987 film 'Good Morning Vietnam' was only loosely based on the life of Sgt. Adrian Cronauer. He passed away in 2018. His tombstone reads "Vietnam DJ, Beloved".

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p8Gkp TIL that on this day, April 13th, a Friday in 2029, an asteroid more than 1,000ft wide will pass by Earth closer than the moon and will easily be observed with the naked eye.
PYJ4L TIL that David Hayter the English voice actor for Solid Snake of the Metal Gear franchise was also a screenwriter for the first two X-Men movies
W1xA TIL the legend of the chupacabra only dates back to 1995
EJww TIL House fires will flash over in 5 min today but 50 years ago it took 29 min. UL attributes the change to synthetic materials.
1ler TIL In 1994 the UK, USA and the Russian Federation signed the Budapest Memorandum where by Ukraine gave up the the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world in exchange for security assurances from those three countries.