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TIL That Sri Lanka only became an island in 1480, when a cyclone destroyed the land bridge connecting it to mainland India.

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AN1yl TIL about Lucille Ricksen, a child star from the silent film era. She was often cast playing adults opposite fully grown men and her age was concealed from the public. She died at only 14. It’s believed that her mother and agents overworking her caused to her illness and early death.
kJkDB TIL the Babylonians were already calculating the probability of eclipses 4,000 years ago.
OoGr1 TIL that Lurleen Wallace could not seek appropriate treatment for cancer after her husband, Alabama segregationist George Wallace, kept it a secret from her for four years due to the fact that he wanted her to become Governor of Alabama. She died after only a year in office.
loXAr TIL in Pittsburgh in 1905, America’s first motion picture theater opened. It was named the Nickelodeon. The name was created by combining the cost of admission, a nickel, with ‘odean’ which is the Ancient Greek word for theater.
mAyM TIL that lactase persistence, or the ability to digest milk properly, only developed in humans around 7,500 years ago.