› added 10 years ago

196

TIL Walt Disney brought live deer into his studio during the making of “Bambi” so the animators could study the real movements made by these animals.

Read more waltdisney.org

via reddit.com

W7BrX TIL Ben Affleck’s habit of ad-libbing annoyed Kevin Smith so much during Chasing Amy that Smith told him to write his own script. Affleck ending up co-writing Good Will Hunting with Matt Damon and won an Oscar.
XvQk TIL a man discovered a painting worth 1.25 million, by playing the boardgame Masterpiece and noticing the Heade painting showcased in the game bore a similar resemblance to the one he was using to cover a hole in his wall.
M7bkm TIL The Vatican, seat of the Pope, has a "hot fireman" calendar called the "Calendeario Romano" featuring The Vatican's hottest Priests
E6bo TIL Koko, the signing gorilla, asked for a pet cat and named the tail-less kitteh All Ball, signed “obnoxious cat” when it bit her, and grieved when it died
Mer8m TIL After not raising enough to fund the project, the Beatles' George Harrison put in 3 million of his own money to fund Monty Python's Life Of Brian, basically because he wanted to see the movie. It was later described by Terry Jones as the "world's most expensive cinema ticket" .