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TIL that Reptar from Rugrats was voiced by Busta Rhymes

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vPYG4 TIL Many schools don’t teach cursive writing anymore. When the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were introduced in 2010, they did not require U.S. students to be proficient in handwriting or cursive writing, leading many schools to remove handwriting instruction from their curriculum altogether.
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