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TIL Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Coppola) changed his last name at the beginning of his career in order to avoid any favoritism he might receive as the nephew of the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola (directed “The Godfather”, “The Godfather II”, “Apocalypse Now”, among other movies).

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lm8B TIL Despite having survived on Earth for millions of years, Sturgeon are now more critically endangered than any other species due to increased demand for caviar, over fishing and pollution.
5pD TIL Robin Williams originally rejected the role of the Genie in Aladdin until he was shown an animation of the Genie doing his own stand-up routine.
7r01M TIL Film Industry of Nigeria (Nollywood) was ranked as world's second largest film producer with 872 films in 2009, ahead of the United States(485), Japan(417), China(330), and France(203). It was only left behind by India with 1091 films.
MeAJW TIL that the common practice to produce antivenom comes from horses. They are given very low doses of snake venom over long periods of time. Eventually the blood is taken from the animal, and the antibodies are purified out. The antibodies inside that blood then bind and neutralise the venom.
1aBj8 TIL that Charlie Chaplin made the Hitler mocking film, "The Great Dictator", in 1940 using his own money because none of the Hollywood studios were comfortable irking the Germans as they had financial relations with them. The film is said to be one of the greatest works of Charlie Chaplin.