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Today I learned that all but one country in the UN has ratified or accepted the rights articulated for children in the UNCRC treaty. The one country who hasn't is the United States.

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k9md TIL the United States has a higher adult literacy rate than Europe and Japan despite its poor reputation in education
wLjZJ TIL that The Animals recorded The House of the Rising Sun in one take for £34 after loading their equipment on a stolen British railway wagon and pushing it through the West End of London to get to the studio on their day off
gMYdW TIL: By rubbing its penis across its abdomen, the water boatman can produce 99 dB of sound making it the loudest animal in the world, relative to its size.
oKDR TIL that president Lyndon Johnson had an amphibious car and used it to scare people by driving them into a lake screaming about brake failure
aov9 TIL Lil’ Wayne’s original stage name was Shrimp Daddy.