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TIL that the United States is one of only three countries (along with Somalia and South Sudan) that have not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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1aZ7P TIL about the Paradox of tolerance. It states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually destroyed by the intolerant.In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance
7evx TIL The very high cost of Diamonds and the public perception as a symbol of romance, was a manufactured phenomenon to create profit for a conspiracy of diamond mining organisations
nxZd TIL the first recorded incident of mooning was in 66 CE, where a Roman soldier mooned Jewish pilgrims, which lead to a riot and the death of thousands of pilgrims
l71Ra TIL that "Where the Crawdads Sing" was Delia Owens' first and only novel, and she was a conservationist and zoologist who wrote about her work with animals before that book was written
R7Y6Q TIL the comic strip Nancy, which has been running since 1938, has been written and illustrated by a cartoonist under a pen name since 2018, and her run has been critically acclaimed