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Ah, sorry, the solution to mine was revealed by Gurok:
The 'men' were matches in a matchbook.
Someone took them into a darkened room, struck one, and lit a lamp.

Mandle solved the riddle of the 20 men in the dark! Congrats!

Mandle, that's not it.
Hint for my puzzle:

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The men were all redheads.

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No one has solved the riddle yet.
Hint: The man that was killed was separated from the others first.

I don't think anyone is going to guess...
I'll post a new riddle and people can continue to guess at yours in parallel

20 men were taken into a darkened room.
One man was killed.
A lamp was lit, but the other men still couldn't see.
What was going on?

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Is that Hedy Lamarr?

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Scrubbers.

Yep, that's it!
Your turn.

No guesses?
This lasted three seasons and was cancelled last year.

Gah, I couldn't resist it!
I'll be AFK for a day, so someone else take over!

The newspaper is The Scotsman.
Headline is Major jubilant vs Kinnock (1992).
Also looks like Michael Sheen as Blair in the middle, and I guess that's Gordon Brown in the foreground...
The Deal.

Hint removed

I'd say Chuck Yeager, Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, John Glenn are household names.
(Funny that the actors include a Shepard and a Glenn!)

Quintaros, just so!

Not that...
At least 4 of the main characters are household names.
The same is true of the actors playing them.

One of the lead actors died this year.

273 days.

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Just long enough for Jane to have a baby. Weird game of hide and seek!

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Are Jane and Mike children?
Is Jane dead?
Is this a crime story?

This is a true story set in the last century.

Another clue...