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TIL: 242 known languages went extinct during the 20th century

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ne0yY TIL British colonizers infected Tasmanian Aboriginal women with venereal diseases that left a significant percentage of the population unable to reproduce. This was one of several factors leading the complete eradication of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
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