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+USE sakila;
+SHOW TABLES;
+
+SELECT * 
+FROM actor;
+
+SELECT * 
+FROM film;
+
+SELECT * 
+FROM customer;
+
+-- 3.1 Titles of all films from the film table
+SELECT title
+FROM film;
+
+-- 3.2 List of languages used in films, with the column aliased as language from the language table
+SELECT name AS language
+FROM language;
+
+-- 3.3 List of first names of all employees from the staff table
+SELECT first_name
+FROM staff;
+
+-- 4. Retrieve unique release years.
+SELECT DISTINCT release_year
+FROM film
+ORDER BY release_year;
+
+-- Counting records for database insights:
+-- 5.1 Determine the number of stores that the company has.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT store_id)
+FROM store;
+
+-- 5.2 Determine the number of employees that the company has.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT staff_id)
+FROM staff;
+
+-- 5.3 Determine how many films are available for rent and how many have been rented.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT film_id) FROM inventory;
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT inventory_id) FROM rental;
+
+-- 5.4 Determine the number of distinct last names of the actors in the database.
+SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT last_name) 
+FROM actor;
+
+-- 6. Retrieve the 10 longest films.
+SELECT film_id, title, length
+FROM film
+ORDER BY length DESC
+LIMIT 10;
+
+-- Use filtering techniques in order to:
+-- 7.1 Retrieve all actors with the first name "SCARLETT".
+SELECT actor_id, first_name
+FROM actor
+WHERE first_name = 'SCARLETT';
+
+-- BONUS:
+
+-- 7.2 Retrieve all movies that have ARMAGEDDON in their title and have a duration longer than 100 minutes.
+SELECT film_id, title
+FROM film
+WHERE title like '%ARMAGEDDON%' AND length > 100 ;
+
+-- Hint: use LIKE operator. More information here.
+-- 7.3 Determine the number of films that include Behind the Scenes content
+SELECT COUNT(film_id)
+FROM film
+WHERE special_features like '%Behind the Scenes%';