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TIL that Walt Disney held the patent for Technicolor for two years, making him the only animator allowed to make color animated films!

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XXGk TIL of Bill Morgan, who after having a near death experience buys a lottery ticket winning a car. His local news then asked him to do a reenactment for them and scratch another ticket, on which he won $250,000.
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