The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GetYerHandOffMyPen15 on 2024-12-21 03:57:09.

Original Title: TIL that Walt Disney referred to the opening day of Disneyland as “Black Sunday.” The temperature was 101 °F (38 °C), people with counterfeit tickets flooded the park, the water fountains didn’t work, women’s shoes sunk into the asphalt, and people hurled their children over crowds to get on rides.