{"id":2681,"date":"2017-10-06T14:38:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2018-02-05T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T03:25:25","slug":"surprising-facts-about-walt-disney-that-you-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/facts-about-walt-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Facts About Walt Disney That You Didn’t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 51 years Walt Disney has stopped being among us, but his empire and his creations are still alive, as if he had never left us. In this opportunity I will give you to know more of curious facts about the life of Walt Disney<\/strong> that surely you did not know.<\/p>\n

\"Mickey
Via: Rebloggy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. Suffering from dyslexia<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Suffering
Via: Theme Park Tourist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walt Disney suffered from dyslexia. His problem was reflected in the cartoon of “FANTASIA” because the magician of this one was called “Yensid” that is “Disney” in reverse.<\/p>\n

2. Was the voice of Mickey Mouse for 2 decades<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Was
Via: Pinterest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After several failed attempts to find someone to make the voice of the famous mouse, Walt Disney decided to do it and it was not until 2 decades after he stopped making the voice for the most famous mouse in the world.<\/p>\n

3. Sense of humor<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Once Walt Disney was asked how he was wearing a celebrity. “It has never helped me make a good movie or hit a pole, or my daughter obey me. It does not even help me with the fleas that infest my dogs,” he replied.<\/p>\n

4. Early draftsman<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Sense
Via: Parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a young man, Walt loved to draw and he dedicated himself to it passionately. He spent hours in the woods, watching the animals, then drawing them in his notebook.<\/p>\n

5. Rail Hobby<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Rail
Via: Walt Disney Org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walt Disney was a big fan of the trains, to the point that a locomotive, fully functional, 1\/8 scale was built in the garden of his home in California.<\/p>\n

6. Change of name<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Walt Disney chose the name of Mortimer for his most famous animated mouse, but his wife Lillian convinced him to change it for Mickey.<\/p>\n

7. Entertain<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Walt Disney said: “I prefer to entertain people with the hope that they learn something to teach them in the hope that they entertain”<\/p>\n

8. Forbidden to wear a mustache<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although 7 of the 8 Snow White dwarfs had a beard and Walt Disney’s own mustache, since the opening of the first Disney theme park, employees were strictly forbidden to wear a beard or mustache for aesthetic reasons.<\/p>\n

9. One of the most awarded<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"One
Via: Oh My Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The person most rewarded by the Academy is Walt Disney. Donald’s father garnered more than 60 nominations and 26 Oscars.<\/p>\n

10. Multi-plane camera<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Multi-plane
Via: Not Gaming News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1936, Walt Disney invented the multi-plane camera, capable of suggesting depth of field thanks to an ingenious system of superposition of five films filmed in the same plane to simulate remoteness.<\/p>\n

What other curiosity about Walt Disney do you know?, help us to extend this list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For 51 years Walt Disney has stopped being among us, but his empire and his creations are still alive, as if he had never left us. In this opportunity I will give you to know more of curious facts about the life of Walt Disney that surely you did not know. 1. Suffering from dyslexia […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2710,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions\/2710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}