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In 1932 Walt Disney won a special Academy Award for the creation of Mickey Mouse.

During the production of The Lion King, live lions and other animals were brought in to the Disney studios for animators to study.

Disneyland was built on 160 acres of orange groves in Anaheim for $17 million dollars.

Walt Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon features the world's largest artificially created waves.

The Beast from Beauty and the Beast is a composite of bison, gorilla, lion, baboon, and wolf.

In Bambi, the character of Man was named one of the 50 greatest screen villians by the American Film Institute.

The Walt Disney Company invented the multiplane camera to add depth to animated films via painted backgrounds on multiple layers of glass.

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