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TIL Portugal didn't dub any feature film in European Portuguese until 1994, when The Lion King came out. Pre-1994 movies were dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese because of a lack of interest from Portuguese companies and the high quality dubbings already made by Brazilians.

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