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The reason i picked them is because they have a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. Like hercules is strong and sully is smart Hercules had 12 deeds, Like one of them is to kill a lion with impenetrable skin, and how he did it is he strangled the lion. What some people say is he wore it. But what gets me is the lion had impenetrable skin. But the story is hercules has so strong that he rip it off. So we all have heard the story of hercules. Now let's talk about sully. If you have not heard of him stop reading the story go to the movies and watch it. So did you. Ok well let’s continue the story. So anyways what he did is he crashed a plane into the hudson river, And no one died. So i guess that there is not a lot of smiliest after

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