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TIL that several other “Presidents” existed before George Washington as Presidents of the Continental Congress.

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mxQBv TIL November 14, 1910 Eugene Ely made the first airplane takeoff from a warship in a Curtiss pusher airplane from the cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, VA. Ely later completes the first landing and takeoff from a ship in 1911. His flights marked the beginning of carrier aviation.
0weOy TIL that Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law gave their paychecks for the movie 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' to Heath Ledger's daughter Mathilda.
GAn94 TIL it's impossible to drive from North to South America because there are no roads between Panama and Colombia
loOkB TIL Because Amsterdam’s soil consists of a thick layer of fen and clay, all buildings are built on wooden poles that are fixed in a sandy layer that is 11 meters deep on average. The Royal Palace at Dam Square is built on no less than 13,659 wooden poles.
M7jnB TIL that the "Where do we go now?" ending in Guns N' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' originated from the band actually being unsure how to complete that section of the song. Rose started saying to himself, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?" and Proffer suggested that he sing that.