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The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World was never meant to have a Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
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The Simpsons characters are yellow, so viewers flipping channels would stop scrolling.
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The Popsicle was accidentally invented when an 11-year-old left soda outside overnight with a stick in it.
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The first iPhone didn’t support third-party apps because Steve Jobs didn’t think it would benefit Apple or its iOS operating system.
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The original Starbucks stores didn’t sell brewed coffee; they only sold beans and equipment.
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The original purpose of QR codes was to track car parts in factories.
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One of the largest volcanic eruptions ever recorded on Earth is what inspired the creation of Frankenstein.
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McDonald’s Coca-Cola tastes different partly because it’s shipped in stainless steel tanks, not plastic bags.
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Sarah Jessica Parker was not the first actor offered the role of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City — in fact, she was the third choice.
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And lastly, no, a disgruntled Disney employee who had just found out they were fired did not secretly draw penises on the VHS cover of The Little Mermaid — despite what you may have heard as a kid.
