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Lyme disease is named for Lyme, CT, where several cases were identified in 1975.

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6 Movies That Were Almost Other Movies

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)