Post * OXM1 — Curious Curator

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TIL an Alabama school tried to ban ‘The Diary of A Young Girl’ by Anne Frank in 1983 because, according to the board’s records, it was “a real downer.”

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QJKNd TIL producer Jeffrey Katzenberg revived The Walt Disney Studios by helming some of their biggest hits: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. After he angled for a promotion he was forced out the company instead. Better than revenge, he founded DreamWorks Studios.

Lk6aV TIL that Bob Bergen, the actor who presently voices Porky Pig, has immense job security due to how difficult it is to nail the pig’s speech mannerisms. He had to study Mel Blanc’s speech patterns intensely to get the character just right.

xV97w TIL that "a moron in a hurry" is a legal test for trademark infringement in which two trade marks are considered to be different enough from each other to coexist if only a moron in a hurry would confuse them. This test has been applied in cases in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

LkpeV TIL that the German submarine U-1206 was lost due to a toilet malfunction: the leak flooded the submarine's batteries causing them to release chlorine gas, leaving the Commander with no alternative but to surface. Once surfaced, U-1206 was discovered and bombed by British patrols.

d8E17 TIL Roald Dahl wrote a second "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" book, called "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It has space travel, Cold War politics, aliens, and Charlie's grandparents abusing drugs.