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TIL that George Washington created a dog breed - the American Foxhound

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L4DQ TIL Massachusetts passed laws requiring children to be educated by the 1640s and informally required children to be taught to read and write from its founding. Mississippi, on the other hand, was the last state to create compulsory education laws, and didn’t require school attendance until 1918.
Z8x1v TIL All of Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour profits which were over $125 million were donated to various charities
7rbNb TIL that the “Star Spangled Banner,” the United States’ National Anthem, uses the exact melody of an old English drinking song called “To Anacreon in Heaven” which was popular among Americans in 1812
oRZpY TIL the five oldest companies still operating in the world are all Japanese.
QjB6 TIL in the mid 19th century, Chicago was in desperate need of a sewage system, but instead of digging down to install the sewers, they raised the entire city up 4 feet.