Me and 9yo jumping on the trampoline in the back yard.
9yo: So in my video game the teams are all different countries but one is the UN. Is that the United Kingdom?
Me: No, the United Nations.
9yo: So is that every country?
fifteen minutes later, still jumping, out of breath
Me: So in 1971, the ROC had been replaced in the UN by the People’s Republic of China, and in 1991 the USSR had ceased to exist, and its Security Council seat went to Russia.
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