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TIL that the first-ever internet meme was the Dancing Baby in 1996

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5Vm9r TIL 'First, do no harm' is not part of the Hippocratic Oath
9w8jr TIL that the music theme associated with the circus was originally composed by Julius Fučík as a military march.
jNQgM TIL J.R.R. Tolkien sold the film rights to Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit in 1969 for £100000 and 7.5% of the gross revenue. His estate ended up suing New Line Cinema for £75 million in 2008
e0045 TIL that warner bross produced a series of cartoon shorts designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, and other military subjects during world war II
N716Q TIL on 1956, to fight school integration, Mississippi repealed its compulsory attendance law