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TIL the Treaty of Peace and Friendship made between the US and Morocco in 1786 is the longest unbroken treaty relationship in U.S. history

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Z8NPG TIL, by Washington's first inauguration, he only had a single remaining tooth to which awkward dentures were attached. As he aged, people mistook his increasing lack of conversation as him being distant and unfriendly when, in reality, he was simply trying to keep his dentures from falling out
GAVZ7 TIL about the earthquake so powerful it adjusted the north pole by 25mm, changed Earth's shape by 1 part in 10 billion consequently increasing its rotation and shortening a day by 2.68 microseconds.
od8Y TIL during a meeting with the UN, North Koreans came with AK-47s under their jackets. Instead of confronting them, American officers turned up the heat in the room to make them sweat under their heavy clothes
16olV TIL that Fecal transplant actually exist.
loMrG TIL that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was expelled from the University of Colorado Boulder in his first year for hacking the university's computer system and sending prank messages through it.