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TIL that the identity of the Rubicon river crossed by Caesar is still debated

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AGvl TIL William Lee was the only one of George Washington’s 124 slaves freed outright in Washington’s will citing “his faithful services during the Revolutionary War”.
9Gxp TIL that Prison inmates are teaching testy dogs civility. There may be no better place for bite-prone animals to receive the constant care they need to break out of their own prisons. The men who train the animals learn responsibility, and acquire a skill they can use outside the prison walls.
b9wR0 TIL John Corcoran graduated from highschool and college at a reading level of 2nd grade. In spite of this, he taught high school for 17 years and did real estate for 10 years without getting caught. At 48, he received tutoring from a volunteer literacy program, and became a literacy advocate.
6pYX TIL that George Washington did not wear a powdered wig. He actually grew out his own hair and powdered it so it would appear white.
9YAVD TIL Pencils produced in the 1990s with the anti-drug slogan "Too Cool to Do Drugs" were recalled because, when sharpened, they read "Do Drugs"