Deep fact
The oldest Indo-European language on record is Hittite, known from some 30,000 cuneiform tablets and fragments, mostly from Hattusa. Its earliest texts date to about 1650 BCE, in central Turkey, far from the steppe where many place the roots.
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Source: Britannica, "Hittite language"
Fun fact
The oldest known wheel, dated to about 3150 BCE, was found in 2002 in a peat bog near Ljubljana, Slovenia. Its wheel is ash and its axle oak, and the two planks are joined with a tongue-and-groove joint.
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Source: Guinness World Records, "Oldest wheel"
