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TIL that Sri Lanka was called Ceylon under British rule.

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dDQxZ TIL The newest country in the world is South Sudan, an African country which gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, and is located in East-Central Africa.
0dNx5 TIL a Martian meteorite is a rock that formed on Mars, was ejected from the planet by an impact event, and traversed interplanetary space before landing on Earth as a meteorite. By September 2020, 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than 0.5% of the 72,000 classified meteorites.
dDyY7 TIL in the years 1950-1951, the A. C. Gilbert Company distributed the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, a toy kit allowing kids to make nuclear reactions at home using actual radioactive material.
a89LJ TIL A contaminated rooftop air-conditioning unit at the Opera House Hotel in the Bronx caused the biggest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York, where 12 people died
lBv7 TIL that Game Of Thrones author George R. R. Martin sent actor Jack Gleeson ( Who plays Joffrey ) a letter saying “Congratulations on your marvelous performance, everyone hates you.”