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You think you know everything about Disneyland? Wrong. There's some mind-blowing facts out there that even the ultimate Disney fan doesn't know. Check out all the fascinating things we discovered about the happiest place on earth and test your knowledge.

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Originally, Walt Disney envisioned Disneyland in Burbank, CA, right across the street from Walt Disney Studios.
All the plants in Tomorrowland are edible.
There is a fake pet cemetery hidden behind the Haunted Mansion.
Disneyland only had 18 attractions on opening day.
Mickey Mouse ear hats are the most popular Disneyland Resort souvenirs of all time.
The purple teacup and the orange one with diamond shapes on it are the fastest spinners on the Mad Tea Party ride.
Every year, 2.8 million churros are sold at Disneyland.
The gold trimmings on the outside of the It's a Small World ride are made of real 22 karat gold.
There is a basketball court at the top of the Matterhorn.
The abominable snowman in the Matterhorn is named Harold.
Disneyland was built in one year.
Michelle Pfeiffer worked at Disneyland as Alice from Alice in Wonderland in the 1970s.
There's a secret apartment hidden in Disneyland's fire station.
About 200 feral cats live in Disneyland to keep rodents away.
When it opened in 1959, the Disneyland Monorail was the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere.
The water features in Disneyland are green or brown to hide the vehicle tracks and filtration systems.
The Haunted Mansion has 999 ghosts in it.
Employees weren't allowed to grow mustaches until 2000.
Pirates of the Caribbean originally wasn't supposed to be a ride — it was first planned to be a walk-through attraction.
Real human skeletons were used as props when Pirates of the Caribbean first opened.
Disneyland park announcer Bill Rodgers and California Adventure park announcer Camille Dixon are married.
Steve Martin worked at Disneyland in the '50s selling guidebooks and working in the magic shop.
Club 33 is the only location in Disneyland where you can buy alcohol.
Walt Disney loved spending time with park guests so much that he would sometimes wait in line with them.
The ghost voice on one of the busts in the Haunted Mansion is the same voice that sang "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch."
In 1995, there was a time capsule buried in Sleeping Beauty's Castle.
The first few years the park was open, it was closed Mondays and Tuesdays on the off-season.
It cost $3.50 to get into the park when it first opened.
Walt Disney wanted to build a theme park after taking his daughters to a merry-go-round.
There was a tobacco shop on Main Street until 1991.
There was a lingerie shop as well — it only lasted six months and closed in 1956.
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