Extremely Obscure Trivia

disneydarling · 06-01-2007, 10:06 PM

Calling all trivia buffs...post your extremely obscure facts here!!!

disneydarling · 06-01-2007, 10:10 PM

Did you know that in the original story of Cinderella, Cindy wore slippers made of white squirrel fur.
French writer Charles Perrault retold the Cinderella story in his book "Stories or Tales from Times Past, with Morals" that was published in 1697. Instead of writing that Cinderella wore "pantouffles en vair" (slippers made of white squirrel fur) as written in the old French version of the story, Perrault wrote that Cinderella wore "pantoufles en verre" (slippers made of glass). He confused the two similarly pronounced words and through the ages the mistake was carried. It continued into modern day times. Can you imagine cinderella without her glass slipper???

disneydarling · 06-01-2007, 10:58 PM

Did you know that the original story of Aladin was set in....China!

mickeymaster · 06-01-2007, 11:46 PM

When Walt Disney was buying land for the Florida project he used the fake name of M.T. Lott for some of the purchases

EpcotCenter1 · 08-17-2007, 04:46 PM

A portion of WDW was used by the navy to test bombs durning WW2

Keasmom · 08-12-2008, 12:57 PM

Bumping this one forward, some of the newer members will be good at this.

06-01-2007, 10:06 PM	#1
disneydarling ...and the mome raths outgrabe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mount Adorable, Fl Posts: 1,846	Extremely Obscure Trivia Calling all trivia buffs...post your extremely obscure facts here!!! __________________ Sisterhood of the traveling pirate in the pants: charter member A friend will help you mend a broken heart; a best friend will get a shovel and help you dig the hole.

06-01-2007, 10:10 PM	#2
disneydarling ...and the mome raths outgrabe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mount Adorable, Fl Posts: 1,846	Did you know that in the original story of Cinderella, Cindy wore slippers made of white squirrel fur. French writer Charles Perrault retold the Cinderella story in his book "Stories or Tales from Times Past, with Morals" that was published in 1697. Instead of writing that Cinderella wore "pantouffles en vair" (slippers made of white squirrel fur) as written in the old French version of the story, Perrault wrote that Cinderella wore "pantoufles en verre" (slippers made of glass). He confused the two similarly pronounced words and through the ages the mistake was carried. It continued into modern day times. Can you imagine cinderella without her glass slipper??? __________________ Sisterhood of the traveling pirate in the pants: charter member A friend will help you mend a broken heart; a best friend will get a shovel and help you dig the hole.

06-01-2007, 10:58 PM	#3
disneydarling ...and the mome raths outgrabe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mount Adorable, Fl Posts: 1,846	Did you know that the original story of Aladin was set in....China! __________________ Sisterhood of the traveling pirate in the pants: charter member A friend will help you mend a broken heart; a best friend will get a shovel and help you dig the hole.

06-01-2007, 11:46 PM	#4
mickeymaster D-Ticket Holder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 221	When Walt Disney was buying land for the Florida project he used the fake name of M.T. Lott for some of the purchases __________________ Man has a Dream, and thats a start...

08-17-2007, 04:46 PM	#5
EpcotCenter1 B-Ticket Holder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: 3 Hours south of the Mouse Posts: 99	A portion of WDW was used by the navy to test bombs durning WW2 __________________ -EC1 If you can dream it, you can do it!

08-12-2008, 12:57 PM	#6
Keasmom DisneyWorldTrivia.com Lifetime Pass Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Wishing Place Posts: 15,895	Bumping this one forward, some of the newer members will be good at this. __________________ P.U.S.H.-A mantra MOST will not understand. Disney rocks, Walt was a genius.

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