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TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins originally wanted to be a composer. He released an album that topped the UK classical charts in 2012. At the age of 26, he composed a waltz that was finally performed 47 years later by André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra, who specializes in waltzes.

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