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TIL that the United States is the only country that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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e0vYb TIL that in 1968 the french author and résistance hero Romain Gary challenged Clint Eastwood to a duel after he learned that Eastwood had an affair with his wife, the actress Jean Seberg
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D1MPg TIL that infrasound, a sound wave with frequencies below 20 Hz making it unable to be heard by people, can cause recipients to feel fear, anxiety, sorrow, depression, and nausea; it has also caused recipients to see hallucinations which causes them to think of it as a paranormal/supernatural event.
4k8yX TIL : The French have a traditional Martial Art where one fights with a cane, developed by French gentlemen in the 19th century in big unsafe cities.
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