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TIL: The UN Child Convention, which protects children (people under 18), has been accepted by all 195 countries in the world, except South Sudan and the United States.

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A1ba TIL Scientists have farted onto Petri dishes to see if farting can contaminate an operating theater.
8a4Y4 TIL that certain fish skin can be grafted onto burns and diabetic wounds. The material recruits the body’s own cells and is eventually converted into living tissue.
7leO TIL that Hitler’s doctor, Theodor Morell, was accused of being an allied sympathiser after it was found out that he had prescribed Hitler cocaine eyedrops, methamphetamines, and E.Coli.
a6Oo TIL that SEAL Team Six was only the second SEAL team, but was designated the number six to confuse the Soviets as to how many SEAL teams there were.
pLmZ TIL In 2011, Fleshlight, a brand of artificial-vagina sex-toys, sent a complimentary package of its products to the members of the SEALs team that killed Osama bin Laden.