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TIL Walt Disney brought live animals to the studio for more realistic animation of the movie Bambi

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WmBN TIL - When Jeopardy was brought to syndication in 1984, the producers were told to make the answers easier to appeal to a broader audience. The agreed but changed nothing, leading to the frustratingly difficult show we love today.
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