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TIL The French Canadian Shawinigan Handshake

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QNDAE TIL of the phenomenon of 'Twin Films'. These are two films with very similar plots which are released by two different studios at roughly the same time (e.g. Madagascar & The Wild, Antz & A Bug's Life)