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TIL there is an international treaty called the Convention on the Rights of the Child which says all children are born with fundamental rights and freedoms equal to that of all human beings. Only two governments have not signed: The United States and Somalia.

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8a5lb TIL there used to be a sport called Ferret-legging, where a ferret is trapped in a contestant’s pants, while not wearing underwear.
MemQ7 TIL that there is a relatively large frog population in the Sahara desert
6j88 TIL People don’t swallow 8 spiders a year, or likely any spiders ever.
e0bak TIL fusion centers is domestic Intelligence agencies established by the DHS to to collect data down to petty crime.
KOPkB TIL a young Tina Fey provided voices for a pinball machine called Medieval Madness in 1997 as two princesses, the dialogue for the game was written by future 30 Rock co-star Scott Adsit