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The Krusty Krab restaurant is a lobster trap.
In Spongebob Squarepants (1999), the Krusty Krab is actually designed after a lobster trap. Pretty dark for a cartoon about sea creatures.
The Hulk was supposed to be grey.
Creator Stan Lee initially wanted the Hulk to be grey, but due to ink problems, the Hulk turned out green. However, the misprint was explained in canon as the two Hulk personas (Grey vs. Green) fighting in Bruce Banner‘s subconscious.
The Flintstones was the highest-earning network cartoon franchise for 30 years.
However, this record was beaten by The Simpsons in 1996.
Walt Disney hated Goofy.
Ah-Hyuck! As one of the first Disney staples, you’d be surprised to know that Disney actually hated the character of Goofy. He thought the cartoon was stupid, and the only reason he kept the character was to save other workers’ livelihoods.
The place that cartoon characters store things, just to pull out of thin air, is known as “Hammerspace”.
If you’ve ever seen Tom & Jerry, you’d be familiar with those scenes where Jerry would pull a bat out of nowhere to bonk Tom mid-chase. However, animators have given this unseen, mysterious sphere where characters pull objects out of a name: the Hammerspace.
Superman used to leap places instead of flying.
In fact, Superman flying was only a somewhat recent development. In the 1940’s, Superman would only leap onto tall buildings. Thinking it looked silly, the animators of Superman’s first animated show requested permission to give him flight. Superman’s been flying high ever since.
The longest-running primetime animated series is the Simpsons, which began in 1987.
Before the reign of The Simpsons, there were the Flintstones. However, towards the end of the 90s, a new family was in town. Matt Groening’s The Simpsons quickly overtook the Flintstones in terms of profit. The show is currently at its 19th season, with a running total of 672 episodes.
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were married in real life.
Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor – the voice of Minnie, in 1991. Allwine voiced Mickey for 32 years, while Taylor voiced Minni from 1986 until her death in 2019.
The Pokemon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are based on Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
Pokemon is an RPG known for its world-building, which includes creating Pokemon inspired from animals, objects, space, and – turns out – even renowned martial artists. Generation 1’s Fighting type Pokemon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan were made as homages to the great kung fu masters.
All the Professors in Pokemon have been named after trees.
If you’ve played or watched Pokemon, you’d notice that through all generations, the Professors are named after trees: Professor Oak of Gen I, Professor Elm of Gen II, Professor Birch of Gen III, all up to Professor Sycamore of Gen IX.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first American film to have a soundtrack.
In 1937, Snow White became the first American film to ever release a soundtrack. The songs were composed by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey while Paul J. Smith and Leigh Harline composed the music score.
The Little Mermaid was Disney’s first princess movie in 30 years.
When Disney released Sleeping Beauty, it was such a box office bomb that the company was put off creating princess movies. Disney didn’t make another princess movie until 30 years later, when The Little Mermaid was released in 1989.
Jackie Chan voiced the Beast in the Chinese dub of The Beauty And The Beast.
Jackie Chan dubbed the Beast’s voice for the Chinese translation of the Beauty and the Beast—including the singing.
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The Lion King was the first original Disney movie.
The Lion King was the first animated Disney film that was not an adaptation of an existing story.
Bees bite.
To protect their hives from outsiders, some “guard bees” will monitor the entrance and sniff bees that come in. If they find an outsider bee from another hive, the guard bee will bite and sting the intruder.
Kids ask about 300 questions a day.
A 2013 study showed that the average kid asks one question every 2 minutes and 36 seconds. Of all types of children, girls aged four are the most curious, asking 390 questions per day. Interestingly, 82% of children would ask their mother first before their father.
T-shirts were originally made for unmarried men who didn't know how to sew buttons on collared shirts.
However, people really didn’t pay much mind to T-shirts until the 1950s.
All Froot Loops have the same flavor.
Yup, you’ve been lied to.
Before the 1800s, people slept in batches.
Before, people had a “first” and “second sleep.” Towards the evening, they would sleep for 3-4 hours, wake for 2-3 hours to do some activities, then go back to sleep until morning.
Cows have "best friends" and will get stressed when separated.
If a cow is taken away from her “best friend,” her stress levels will decrease her milk yields. Surprisingly, cows are not the only species who form attachments to certain companions. The “best friend” preference is also observed in certain bats, elephants, chimps, and dolphins.
Learned a few days ago that he also voiced Monkey in Kungfu Panda - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/
New Zealanders have more pets per household than any other country.
68% of households in New Zealand have a pet, which is more than any other country in the world.
The design for the seatbelts we use now was given away by Volvo.
Before 1966, seatbelts were not mandated. During this period, seatbelts just secured the lap but offered no upper-body protection. When Nils Bohlin of Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt design, he gave away the patent for free to keep drivers safe.
Kea parrots laugh together when they're in a good mood.
Kea parrots are the first known non-mammal species to communicate with laughter.
Flyting was the original rap battle.
Way before flip top and rap battles, there was “flyting”: the artful exchange of witty, insulting lines. Flyting was popular in the 5th to 16th century England and Scotland.
The Russians showed up 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics.
It was no sweat, though: back then, the Olympics lasted for 6 months. The Russians showed up late to the 1908 London Olympics because they were using the Julian calendar, which is 2 weeks behind the Gregorian calendar already used by the rest of the world.
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In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
One of the coolest fun facts about Japan: they have a ritual where sumo wrestlers make babies cry. Sounds like a dream for me, but a nightmare for parents. However, the ritual is said to bring good luck. The Naki Sumo is a 400-year-old Japanese ritual where babies engage in a baby-cry sumo: two sumo wrestlers face each other carrying a baby each. The sumo wrestlers will try to make the babies cry, and the child that cries first or the loudest wins.
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