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TIL the first president of the United States of America was called “Gerge”

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Y7nyr TIL that Wan Hu, a 16th-century Chinese official, is said to have attempted to launch himself into outer space in a chair to which 47 rockets were attached. The rockets exploded, and it is said that neither he nor the chair were ever seen again.
yQlgp TIL the word "dashboard" actually derives from a wooden or leather board attached to the front of a horse-drawn carriage to protect the driver from mud splashes thrown up or "dashed' by the horse's hooves.
p8GNb TIL that Mars experiences all four seasons similarly to Earth but twice as long due to its axes tilted at 25° and the length of its orbit around the Sun.
EgDo0 TIL lemons all have exactly 10 sections inside them
OoDrg TIL oral tradition in Kenya tells that 20 shipwrecked Chinese sailors washed up on shore in the 15th century and were given permission to settle and marry into local tribes. DNA tests conducted by China's government in 2002 on one of the supposed descendants and found that she was of Chinese descent