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TIL that Republic of Chad, fought and defeated Libyan occupation using 400+ Toyoto pickups. The trucks were fitted with compact anti-tank guided missile systems, resulting in the war being called 'Toyoto War'

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9wDQG TIL Jon Favreau, creator of The Book of Boba Fett, confirmed to Patton Oswalt that the scene of Fett's hand reaching out of the sand to escape from the Sarlacc pit was cut to match Oswalt's description of it in his improvised filibuster pitch for Star Wars: Episode VII on an episode of Parks & Rec.
16lD8 TIL Harran (in present-day southern Turkey) remained a stronghold of paganism (Mesopotamian moon worship with Hellenistic influences) well until the 10th Century AD. Harran remained pagan during both the entirety of (Christian) Byzantine rule and the first first four centuries of Muslim rule.
VMDWZ TIL of a recently discovered aggressive strain of HIV that progresses to AIDS in 3 years
ADE7g TIL: That in June 1969, the Army corps of engineers diverted the Niagara river from American Falls to study and prevent erosion, after the falls had run dry two dead bodies were found at the bottom.
QNXAk TIL that in 2022 SpaceX's Falcon family rockets flew 62 times, accounting for over 3/4ths of American orbital launches(87) and nearly 1/3rd of global launches(187)