Post * 9w4lQ — Curious Curator

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TIL the Rapsittie Street Kids were originally called the "Bash Street Kids" but Wolf Tracer had to change it to avoid legal action

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VxYk TIL the D.A.R.E program has done little to nothing to prevent drug use and in some cases leads to an increase in consumption of alcohol and use of cigarettes.

xBg0 TIL That a blind mom was told that her baby had died during birth. Doctors gave the child, who was very much alive, to a new family.

wLkJ8 TIL Japan's criminal justice system has a conviction rate of over 99%. To Japanese citizens and police, the arrest itself already creates the presumption of guilt which needs only to be verified via a confession.

npdG TIL that “Third World” countries are not defined by their economy or development. Instead they are all the countries that were neither aligned with the US and its allies (first world) nor the USSR and its allies (second world) during the Cold War.

RrN1 TIL - The Thorny Devil Lizard is a reptile that channels water that comes into contact with his skin through Hygroscopic grooves to it’s mouth (It can drink water by standing in it).