There’s a sequel book to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory called Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator!

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973.

Unlike the preceding book, no film adaptation of this book has ever been made. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory angered Dahl so much that he refused to allow the producers to adapt the sequel, while Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have announced that they have no intention of making a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, although elements from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator appear at the end of the film. Dahl had intended to write a third book in the series but never finished it.

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Toyota has a war named after it!

The last phase of  Chadian-Libyan conflict in 1987 is commonly known as the Toyota war. No, they weren't fighting over Camrys; rather, the name comes from the fact that Chad used Toyota trucks to mobilize its troops in the conflict. The war resulted in heavy defeat for Libya: it lost 1/10th of its army and 7 times more people than Chad. 

The war began because then-president of Libya Muammar Gaddafi refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Chadian president. He attempted to have him overthrown. Eventually, the Chadian president retaliated and the war began. Learn more about it at the source.

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Pittsburgh is the only city in the US where all the sports teams share the same colors: black and gold!

Pittsburgh is rich in history, including sports history. They had one of the founding members of the NBA, the Pittsburgh Ironmen, though they only played one season. From the beginning of the 1900s, they’ve had pretty successful basketball teams. Hockey has been played since the late 1800s in Pittsburgh. They even had the largest indoor ice rink for years. 

The first professional football game was actually held in Pittsburgh. As for golf, they have the oldest continuous country club in the U.S. dating back to 1887. In recent years they have worked to revitalize their rivers and promote fishing. They’ve even hosted several competitions. The city also promotes tennis, rowing/rafting/kayaking, soccer, rugby, and biking. 

The city has held strong to the colors black and gold. All their professional sports teams wear the combination of colors. They’re actually the only city in the entire U.S. that has all the sports teams sharing the same colors. 

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This year, many Chicago public schools are re-introducing something they haven't had for 30 years: RECESS!

The time kids spend at school has been heavily scrutinized in the United States for a long time. The thinking used to be that any amount of time NOT spent learning in a classroom was time wasted. This was the thinking behind Chicago's long recess draught. It's been 30 years since some schools had recess.

The oldest surviving Peace Treaty is from 3200 years ago!

The document is known as the Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty and it was negotiated between Ramesses II of Egypt and the Hittite King Hattusili III. Historians say that it was concluded around 1259 BC. At this time Ramesses accepted a silver tablet, upon which the terms were inscribed, from  Hittite diplomats. 

This is the first known peace treaty from the Near East and is the only one that still survives today, although it's not the oldest one on record.  The treaty marked the end of a long war between Egypt and the Hittite Empire. They had fought for over 200 years over the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Egyptians tried to invade the Hittites in 1274 BCE, which resulted in large amounts of death on both sides. It was then that the treaty talks started. 

Historians had found the Egyptian translation of the treaty, preserved in the Temple of Amun at Karnak, and many other copies were found in other places. Then, sometime between 1906 - 1908,  a German archaeologist and his team found the royal archives where they found over 10,000 clay tablets documenting the Hittite diplomats' activities. The original silver tablets were found there. 

Today, two of the tablets are displayed at the Museum of the Ancient Orient, in Istanbul. The third is in the Berlin State Museums in Germany.  

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