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The Oscar winner almost tested his supreme likability by playing Richard Nixon. The Oscar winner almost tested his supreme likability by playing Richard Nixon.

Roger Cormier








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French naval officer, explorer, and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau helped millions of people learn about what goes on under the ocean's surface—but he originally wanted to fly.

Ethan Trex






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Today it seems like we’ll never stop seeing Spider-Man at the movies. But back in the early 2000s, it seemed amazing that we ever saw him there in the first place.

Matthew Jackson