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TIL that every country in the United Nations has signed the “Convention on the Rights of a Child” except Somalia, South Sudan and the United States of America.

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Zp884 TIL the Sony PocketStation (The PS1 answer to the Dreamcast's VMU memory card) never left Japan for Western localization because it was too popular there and they couldn't keep up with demand at the time
YKvv TIL that Hawaii and Alaska are the only two states that have never had temperatures that exceed 100F.
oRnY8 TIL the renowned architect Buckminster Fuller experienced an epiphany around age 32 where he felt himself suspended several feet above the ground in a white sphere of light. A voice said things like, "You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You belong to the universe."
REA8 TIL that the US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain, second only to Mexico.
VMwWk TIL that polydactyly (having many fingers) in cats was seen by sailors as advantageous for catching mice aboard ships. Consequently there is a high proportion of these cats in sea port areas such as Boston, Nova Scotia and Great Britain.