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RE: What you didn't know about Jamaica ..... but I will tell you
But the best thing is that Jamaica was the first country in America where a railroad was built, in fact, Jamaicans did it before Americans.
You had me until this. Canada, the USA, and Cuba beat Jamaica to Railways.
Nah bro, he is right.... not only railways but we have schools , churches, pubs and structures here older than both Canada and America (as countries) from English and Spanish rule. Like in England. As for railways we had second after only Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Jamaica
Rail transport in Jamaica
The Railways of Jamaica, constructed from 1845, were the second British Colony after Canada's Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad of 1836 to receive a railway system. Construction started only twenty years after George Stephenson's Stockton and Darlington Railway commenced operations in the United Kingdom.The public passenger railway service in Jamaica, which was closed in October 1992, had a brief revival in 2011 only to be closed once again in August 2012. The Parliament of Jamaica debate leading towards a revival under a public joint venture corporation proposed with an offshore partner.