Walt Disney Strange Facts & Trivia

Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time

Anthea Turner, Walt Disney, Tom Cruise, Susan Hampshire, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Edison, Henry Winkler, Cher, Brian Conley, and Leonardo DaVinci are, or were, dyslexic

He admitted to being "scared to death" when he had to face the camera to introduce episodes of the "Disneyland" television series

At the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, Walt Disney was head of the committee that organized the opening day ceremonies

Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse

A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas."

Stanford University engineers Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started their company in a Palo Alto garage with $1,538. Their first product was an audio oscillator bought by Walt Disney studios for use in the movie Fantasia

In 1933, Kenz Masaoka produced "Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka," which was the first piece of anime to use synchronized sound, following Walt Disney's talkie "Steamboat Willie" by 4 years

Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four

An interesting fact about Walt Disney is that he was honored by having his picture on a six-cent United States commemorative postage stamp that was issued September 11, 1968

Facts About America People Living & Trivia

If you're an American, the odds are 1 out of 40 (2.46%) that you're currently in the U.S. criminal justice system (incarcerated, on parole, or on probation

The odds are 1 out of 3 (33%) that (if you have a baby this year in America) it will be delivered by Caesarean Section

The odds are 73 out of 100 (73%) that you (as an American) favor the elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world

The odds are 1 out of 4,800 (.021%) that if you're a pregnant American woman, you will die in childbirth

The odds are 1 out of 25 (4%) that you (as an American adult) have never had sex

The odds are almost 2 out of 3 (63%) that you're rather be poor and thin than rich and fat (if you're an American woman)

The odds are 1 out of 5,898 (.01695%) that an American got sick or died in 2000-2004 from something they ate

The odds are 1 out of 32 (3.125%) that a person in America is currently being punished for a crime (behind bars, on probation, or on parole

The odds are 1 out of 825 (.1212%) that an American lives in a household that earns more than $2 million each year

Income Tax Information Facts & Trivia

The idea of making people pay to use public toilets was introduced by the Roman emperor Vespasian, who instituted a ‘urine tax’ on public conveniences as a way of raising funds following a civil war

47% of all U.S. households owed no federal income tax in 2009

The state of Washington is one of only seven states that does not levy a personal income tax

The US Supreme Court once ruled federal income tax unconstitutional

Federal income tax was first imposed during the civil war as a temporary revenue-raising measure

The odds are 1 out of 14 (7.3%) that you contributed the $3 on your 2006 tax return to help finance presidential campaigns

A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax

The average American pays more in taxes than for food, clothing and shelter put together

The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards

Cars Facts And Interesting Trivia

History of Cars

The automobile as we know it was not invented in a single day by a single inventor. The history of the automobile reflects an evolution that took place worldwide. It is estimated that over 100,000 patents created the modern automobile

The automobile as we know it was not invented in a single day by a single inventor. The history of the automobile reflects an evolution that took place worldwide. It is estimated that over 100,000 patents created the modern automobile

In 1771, Cugnot drove one of his road vehicles into a stone wall, making Cugnot the first person to get into a motor vehicle accident. This was the beginning of bad luck for the inventor.

Old Engraving depicting the 1771 crash of Nicolas Joseph Cugnot's steam-powered car into a stone wall

Other Facts And Trivia

On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth

An average of 168 Americans die per year when their cars collide with deer

On average, fifty-one cars a year overshoot and drive into the canals of Amsterdam

On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation

Ferdinand Porsche, who later went on to build sports cars bearing his own name, designed the original 1936 Volkswagen