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97
95 people died at Hillsborough on the day, 700 were injured, and 2 more died in subsequent years, bringing the total to 97.
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Career-defining break in 1965
LaFontaine's voiceover career began by accident in 1965 when a scheduled voice actor didn't show, and he stepped in to record radio spots for MGM's 'Gunfighters of Casa Grande'.
Interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
LaFontaine is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the legendary LA burial ground previously covered in its own Stuff You Should Know episode.
Partnership with Stanley Kubrick's producer in 1962
LaFontaine's path to Hollywood began in 1962 when he partnered with radio producer Floyd Peterson, who was creating radio promos for Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.
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15¢/$1
Dax notes that when Rockefeller became a billionaire, he reportedly controlled 15 cents of every dollar in the US economy — far greater wealth concentration than today's billionaires.
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1978
Khanna noted that the last time a US congressman was detained or shot at abroad was in 1978, when Leo Ryan was killed at Jonestown in Guyana.
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2013
The US government did not formally acknowledge the existence or location of Area 51 until 2013, decades after it was established.
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70,000 ft
The U-2 spy plane could reach altitudes of 70,000 feet — 13 miles high — enabling it to photograph enemy territory while flying above most Soviet surface-to-air missiles.
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Mach 3+
The A-12 was designed to fly over three times the speed of sound at 90,000 feet altitude as part of Project Oxcart at Area 51.
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$2.3B
The alleged Aurora spy plane reportedly carried a price tag of $2.3 billion in 1987 dollars, possibly explaining why it may never be declassified.
