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
