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  • 2023-01-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Walt Disney Replacing Ben Franklin on the $100 Bill? (en)
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  • On Jan. 21, 2023, the Disney Dining fan blog published an article with the headline, Walt Disney to Replace Benjamin Franklin on the $100 Bill: Report. Readers asked us by email if this was really happening, with Google users searching for the phrase, Walt Disney 100 dollar bill. However, this story cited reporting from Mouse Trap News, which is a website that publishes Disney-themed satire for fun. In other words, this rumor isn't true. RELATED: Did Disney File a Patent for Roller Coaster that Jumps Tracks? The story from Disney Dining began by saying that the change to the $100 bill was supposedly to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Company, which was founded on Oct. 16, 1923. The article began, In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the inception of The Walt Disney Company, the image of Walter Elias Disney will reportedly be printed on U.S. currency through June 2024. As previously mentioned, the blog linked to a story on the satirical website known as Mouse Trap News. That original article had been published months earlier on Oct. 20, 2022. The headline was, Walt Disney Taking Over The $100 Bill In 2023. The satirical story began as follows: On the Mouse Trap News website, the About page features a disclaimer that says anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate, but it is fun: A TikTok video published by Mouse Trap News showed a picture of Walt Disney's image on a $100 bill, which may have fooled some readers into thinking it was really happening. We previously published other fact checks about other satirical stories from Mouse Trap News. For example, one of the more popular stories that readers asked us about said that a man lost his hands while riding Space Mountain, and that from that point forward the lights would remain permanently on for the indoor roller coaster. The good news for Disney parks guests was that this was just another bit of fun satire. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor. (en)
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