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TIL that “Lupin the Third Castle of Caliostro” influenced the Big Ben scene from Disney’s “Great Mouse Detective” and could’ve inspired the creation of the Indian Jones movie because Steven Spielberg said “it is one of the best adventure movies of all time”

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