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TIL the Oakland A's hosted a "Hot Pants Night"-themed baseball game where women in hot pants received free admission, men were given free cameras to take pictures of them, and a competition for "best hot pants" was held on the field.

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8awla TIL Napoleon discovered in his Egyptian campaign, the remains of an ancient canal linking the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. He planned to rebuild the canal, but gave up when it seemed to expensive. This was a couple decades before the Suez Canal.
1a6RX TIL in 1946, the British government attempted to plant 150,000 acres of peanuts in an African colony. After 5 years and nearly £50 million, not only had the project failed, but the land was ruined in the process, leaving it an unusable dust bowl.
GYelJ TIL two men disappeared in the space of three months, they were both stopped by the same officer and he left them at a Circle K. Neither man has ever been found.
RW4Q TIL the term Elbow Grease was started as a prank on apprentices. The apprentices was told to ask someone for the ‘elbow grease’ and would be sent to more and more workers. It was similar to sending a child on a Snipe Hunt.
8yMP TIL Clarence Earl Gideon after being arrested in 1961 for stealing $5 in change and a few bottles of beer, appealed to the US Supreme Court which established the right to an appointed attorney.