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TIL that the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty concluded around 1259 BCE is the oldest written treaty that still survives today

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WkJxN TIL the Toyota Land Cruiser originated after the Imperial Japanese Army captured an American Jeep during World War II and ordered Toyota to reverse-engineer it
JlgQ TIL Danny Devito was the executive producer on Pulp Fiction
woZbP TIL there's a Canadian County in the middle of Oklahoma
8aAwG TIL that Jack Daniel learned to distill whiskey from a slave
Drgr TIL during the Vietnam War special forces used a silenced pistol called a ‘hush puppy’ for eliminating noisy animals like guard dogs. It was also sometimes used on ducks.