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TIL that Vedda people are the aborigional in Sri Lanka. They have lived in the island since 35000 years ago. The two major ethnicities Sinhala and Tamil are both immigrants from India continent after 6th century BCE.

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Ypwgd TIL the Darien Scheme in 1698 was Scotland’s sole attempt at colonization. The effort failed but cost £400k (£71m inflation-adjusted) – about 20% of the nation’s capital. It crippled Scotland’s economy and was a major factor in its Act of Union with England in 1707, thus forming the United Kingdom.
P14BZ TIL Kilmarnock, a town in Scotland celebrates Halloween on the last Friday of the month.
l7vOB TIL Smokers aged 75 and older have, on average, 5.8 fewer teeth than their non-smoking counterparts.
Z8BL4 TIL that the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually tortoises having sex
R5kw9 TIL cleveland has an abandon subway system