The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan"

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Pinocchio was made of pine.

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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eyes."

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Disneyland has the fourth largest navy in the world

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Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy

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Cleo and Caesar were the early stage names of Cher and Sonny Bono

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Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600's by a translator. The story was probably not changed deliberately by the 17th century translator. The glass slipper is more likely to have arisen from a confusion between the French, "une pantoufle en vair" (a fur slipper) and, "une pantoufle en verre" (a glass slipper.)

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It was the left shoe that Aschenputtel (Cinderella) lost at the stairway, when the prince tried to follow her.

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Cinderella is known as Tuhkimo in Finland

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The story of "Alice in Wonderland" was first told by author Lewis Carroll to four friends while rowing up the Thames from Oxford to Glascow for a mid-summer picnic. One of the party was nine-year-old Alice Liddell (the model for the fictional Alice).

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In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy's last name is Gail. It is shown on the mail box.

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The movie playing at the drive-in at the beginning of "The Flintstones" was the The Monster.

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The first Marvel Comics super hero was the Human Torch.

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The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver". Wally and Beaver had a baby alligator which they kept in the toilet.

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Beaver Cleaver's locker number was #9.