Disney Tidbits

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Disney's 1937 The Old Mill was the first film to utilize the multi-plane camera. The device, engineered by Disney technician Bill Garity, was a camera that photographed layers of backgrounds
painted on glass.

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Animator Marc Davis was employed at Walt Disney Productions from December 2, 1935 until his retirement in 1978.

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Shirley Temple was on hand at Disneyland in 1957 to help dedicate a new attraction inside the Sleeping Beauty Castle.

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"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."
- Mark Twain

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New plantings since the opening of Walt Disney World in 1971 include some 100,000 trees and more than two million tended shrubs.

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And half of those replaced after last years storms. LOL

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"I know where to start. Mr. Disney gets the biggest thanks."
- Julie Andrews' Oscar acceptance speech 1965

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Mickey Mouse's ears are always turned to the front, no matter
which direction his head is pointing.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter visited Disney World's
Animal Kingdom in 1998.

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Disney World's Treasure Island was a sanctuary for dozens of birds, reptiles, mammals, and other non-avian species.

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In order to become a real boy, the Blue Fairy states that Pinocchio must be "brave, truthful, and unselfish".

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The voice of Scat Cat in Disney's 1970 The Aristocats was performed by Scatman Crothers. It was originally to be voiced by jazz great Louis Armstrong.

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Space Center Houston (the official visitor's center of NASA's Johnson Space Center) was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering

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Lt. Robin Crusoe is the only movie for which Walt Disney received a story credi as Retlaw Yensid , Walter Disney spelled backward.

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Although guests can rent boats and sit on sandy beaches, swimming is not allowed in Disney World's Seven Seas Lagoon