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TIL Victorian women’s underwear was crotchless, which is why can-can dancing was so interesting.

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5kWD TIL Hugh Hefner worked as a copywriter for Esquire magazine, from where he resigned in Jan 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. 11 months later, he published the first issue of Playboy, featuring Marilyn Monroe.
78J9p TIL The largest swimming pool in the US was so large, lifeguards needed rowboats to patrol it. Fleishhaker Pool, built in San Francisco in 1924, measured 1,000 x 150 feet, contained 6.5 million gallons of water, and could hold 10,000 swimmers. In 1999 it was turned into parking for the zoo.
Z00G TIL a Jeep can be disassembled and reassembled in under 4 minutes.
mxXbO TIL the gentleman from “it ain’t much but it’s honest work” is an expert in no till farming and has been published many times. No till farming reduces erosion and is more sustainable than traditional farming techniques.
oB6wA TIL that Saudi Arabia imports sand from Australia and the UK