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Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen began his career virtually unable to get work. This was due to the fact that his birth name was Ramon Gerardo Antonio Estevez, and filmmakers often would deny him for major roles due to typecasting. He changed his name to Martin Sheen, and he received numerous offers afterward.

The More You Know

Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
78% of NFL players undergo financial crisis by 2 years of retirement.
In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as Jedi.
A cow-bison hybrid is called a "beefalo."

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.