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TIL The oldest known bonsai are Ficus Bonsai in Crespi, Italy and Old juniper Bonsai tree at Mansei-en, Japan, which are over a 1000 years old.

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VM188 TIL Mexican President Francisco Madero has the distinction of being the first head of state in the world to ever fly in an airplane, which he did with the Wright Brothers in North Carolina on November 30, 1911.
Y7BOW TIL that the face of CPR dolls is based off an unknown French girl who likely committed suicide in the 19th century
VMjWp TIL the handshake in agreement meme is based on this scene from "Predator" and the arms in the meme represent Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers respectively
B5Jr TIL Tim Allen got caught bringing 1.4lbs of cocaine in a U.S airport in 1978. He snitched out other dealers to reduce his sentence from life imprisonment to 7 years.
R7AZ4 TIL the inventor of the windshield wiper was also the most acclaimed classical pianist of his time, Jozef Hofmann, praised by the likes of Rachmaninoff, patented many mechanics for Steinway