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TIL To avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, Nicolas Kim Coppola changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.

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oROoW TIL Seeking the secret to immortality, Genghis Khan became familiar with a Taoist sage. The Monk politely suggested that the Khan should try to steer his subjects to be less murderous and asked him to stop hunting, arguing that all life is precious. The Khan agreed...he stopped hunting for 2 months
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