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TIL the dolls in Disney's It's A Small World rides get haircuts once a year. The yarn used for their hair absorbs moisture and lengthens over time.

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Dbpr TIL that McDonald’s was suppose to revamp the Golden Arches in 1960 but a psychologist argued to keep it because it resembled breasts, giving Freudian applications to the subconscious mind of the consumer.
BabD TIL An advertising campaign for Swedish fashion company “H&M” with posters of Anna Nicole Smith caused several car accidents in major European cities in 1994.
b6DBp TIL that some studies suggest that patients with a history of allergy may have an increased rate of suicide and that seasonal spring peaks in aeroallergens are associated with seasonal spring peaks in suicide.
d8vej TIL that one particular new years eve party during the late 1970s held in studio 54 saw 4 tons of glitter dropped, months later it was possible to find traces of glitter in the homes of people who attended the party
0waWL TIL a pet tortoise was found alive in a wooden box, 30 years after she went missing