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9wWKQ TIL Walt Disney originally planned to have The Wizard of Oz be the company’s second animated feature film after Snow White but the film rights were scooped up by MGM
JXpv TIL Maj Donnie Dunagan served three tours in Vietnam, earned a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts, was promoted a record 13 times in 21 years…and was the voice of Bambi
1B1r TIL The first Native American who met the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony walked into their encampment and greeted them in English.
LQ6XZ TIL following the success of the National Lampoon's Animal House, Mad magazine lent its name to the comedy film, Up the Academy but it was such a commercial and critical failure that Mad arranged for all references to the magazine to be removed from future TV and video releases of the film.
lbdG TIL: A man saved a newborn baby from dumpster and found out that he was the father. The baby’s mother told the police she did not know she was pregnant until she gave birth to the child and allegedly put the living baby in a garbage bag and tossed him into the dumpster.