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TIL about the Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, which is the oldest recorded peace treaty in history (c.1259 BCE). In this treaty, both parties agreed to end their war, form an alliance in the event of foreign or domestic aggression, and to the extradition of rebels, fugitives, and political refugees.

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A7pl TIL that the Nazi regime prosecuted and killed between 80,000 to 200,000 Freemasons. They would be regarded as political prisoners in Masonic concentration camps and wore an inverted red triangle. Later on, the forget-me-not flower became an emblem of the prosecution and a secret sign of membership.
Z8D4R TIL that in 1974, after the premiere of The Godfather Part II, the gangster Meyer Lansky called Lee Strasberg, who played Hyman Roth (who was based off Lansky) to congratulate him on a job well done
nWp9b TIL women who had their last kid after 33 had double the chance of living to 95 or older as opposed to those who had their last one by 29. According to a 2020 study, women who gave birth after 40 were four times more likely to live to be a 100 years old.
ADxXo TIL of the Talheim Death Pit, a mass grave dating to 5000BC, containing the remains of 34 bodies, bearing some of the earliest evidence of habitual warfare, including fatal adze, axe and arrow wounds to the back of the head. It has been suggested that this site represents an early form of genocide.
ep4wg TIL that McKinsey kept helping cigarettes and tobacco companies sell more as late as 2021 when it finally ended their relationship