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Walt Disney wanted Mickey to have a LinkedIn profile. Networking has always been the real magic.

✗ FAKE

Walt Disney died in 1966, and LinkedIn launched in 2003. Mickey Mouse, created in 1928, never had a profile from Disney.

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