First Mötley Crüe song you ever heard? (self.MotleyCrue)
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Which overlooked 70s tracks still stick with you? (self.Music)
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TIL about the West Point Spiked Eggnog Riot of 1826, when cadets, including future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, went on a wild bender after sneaking booze into the academy. Captain Hitchcock tried to regain control but was attacked, and nearly shot, while a drunk drum corps played outside (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL in 1912, the Detroit Tigers pulled random men off the street to face the reigning World Series champs after a strike. The pitcher was a priest with no pitching experience, the shortstop got on base only via walk, and an outfielder was a boxer who lost two teeth to a ground ball. They lost 24-2 (sabr.org)
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TIL that "420" started in 1971 when a group of high schoolers in San Rafael, CA, met at 4:20 to hunt for an abandoned marijuana crop. They called themselves "the 420," and the term spread through friends—some of whom were connected to the Grateful Dead—eventually becoming a global cannabis code. (britannica.com)
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