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TIL Prehistoric monkeys migrated from Africa to South America by traversing the Atlantic Ocean on natural rafts

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WkB4d TIL about Black July. On 24 July 1983, anti-Tamil rioting started in the capital Colombo in Sri lanka and spread to other parts of the country. Over 7 days, Sinhalese mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed thousands of Tamil targets. it is generally seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
7renb TIL pepper spray is banned for use in war by Article I.5 of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans the use of all riot control agents
KOay4 TIL Kansas is scientifically proven to be flatter than a pancake
a8oKb TIL During Japan's Edo period (1603-1868), upper-class women sometimes hired female attendants called "Heoibikuni" (or "fart-bearing nuns") to take blame for their flatulence.
5VN9p TIL that Albania hosts the HQ of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), a formerly militarized, left-wing political group that was exiled from Iran in 1981. They opposed both the Shah of Iran and the Ayatollah Khomeini during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.