] The government of North Korea has launched a series of
] television public service announcements called "Let Us
] Trim Our Hair In Accordance With Socialist Lifestyle!"
]
]
] Snip from a BBC News story on the campaign: "It stressed
] the 'negative effects' of long hair on 'human
] intelligence development,' noting that long hair
] 'consumes a great deal of nutrition' and could thus rob
] the brain of energy."

[ Sounds like a hoax to me, but maybe it's just irrational enough to be true. -k]

Boing Boing: North Korea wages war on long hair