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TIL that the reason the movie industry is largely based in Hollywood, California was to evade the monopoly that Thomas Edison had at the time. Anyone not following his rules in his domain would be sued out of business.

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LQQMP TIL in 1999 actor Rebecca Jackson Mendoza survived a stroke caused by a severed aorta after being stabbed in the heart by her husband. By 2005 she made a full recovery and was able to play Breha Organa in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
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