disney unknown facts! (4)

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To achieve a natural skin tone for Snow White, real rouge was applied to the animated cells.
        
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The horses that pull the streetcars along Main Street in Disneyland have rubber-soled shoes, officially to protect their legs, but with the added benefit of lending a distinct 'clip clop' sound to carriage-based jaunts.
        
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Slightly sinisterly, Disney World is second only to the US Military when it comes to purchasing explosives in the United States. We're pretty sure it's for the nightly fireworks rather than a plot to take over the world though.
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Aurora is the only 'true' blonde in the princess team, as Cinderella is somewhat strawberry, and Rapunzel is a natural brunette, turned blonde by magic (or a bottle?)
        
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Until Brave, Ariel was the only Disney princess to have siblings - the rest are all only children.
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If sections of classic films give you a sense of dèjá vu, you're not alone. The company recycled much of its early animation in a technique called rotoscoping, invented in 1915, in order to cut costs. Large parts of the 1973 film Robin Hood were taken from Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937), The Jungle Book (1967) and The Aristocats (1970).
        
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While there's an urban legend that curvaceous fairy Tinkerbell was based on Marilyn Monroe, in fact the tempestuous blonde was modelled after actress Margaret Kerry, who had to pantomime around a soundstage for the role.
        
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The white dress that Amy Adams dons in Enchanted weighed in at a hefty 45lbs, which even the ever-perky actress described as 'gruelling'.
        
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was make-or-break for Disney, costing his studios $1.4m to make. It was widely derided as Disney's Ruin, by people subsequently proved non-psychic. Adjusted for inflation, it's one of the ten highest-grossing films of all time.
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The Lion King was originally called 'King of the Jungle', before some bright spark noted that lions don't tend to inhabit jungles.
        
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Thanks to its swamp-land setting, Disney World frequently attracts alligators, which have previously been found swimming around Splash Mountain, and even in one of the public toilet blocks.