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TIL Steven Spielberg made up that he got his start at the age of 21 by sneaking into Universal Studios dressed in business attire and commandeering an unoccupied office. Spielberg's entree to the Universal lot was gained while he was a 16-year-old in high school on break & was arranged by his father

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