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TIL African "reverse missionaries" are traveling to Europe to spread Christianity

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XROr TIL that when a missionary told the Amazonian Piraha tribe the story of his aunt’s suicide, they laughed. No one in their tribe had ever committed suicide and they had no concept of it, so they thought it was a joke.
D1nNJ TIL that in Sweden, Finland and Quebec a check mark (✓) means "wrong".
VjaD TIL in a 1980s Nike commercial, a Kenyan tribesman’s words were translated as “Just Do It”; however, American anthropologist Lee Cronk alerted Nike that the Kenyan really said, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” Nike responded back saying “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”
Y7WpG TIL that after Germany beat Brazil 7-1 at the 2014 World Cup, Pornhub had to issue a plea to stop uploading highlights of the match to the site
DQpVg TIL that telling someone they’re a sight for sore eyes is a good thing