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TIL the term ''Nickelodeon'' was used for early movie theaters that cost 5¢ to enter. An ''odeon'' was any building used for live entertainment in ancient Greece and Rome.

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R7BP6 TIL in 1947, MGM produced The Cat Concerto and Warner Bros released a similar Bugs Bunny cartoon. Both used identical gags, the same piece by Fransz Liszt, and similar endings. Both MGM and Warner Bros. accused each other of plagiarism, after both films were submitted for Academy Awards ceremony.
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