Post * BgBNL — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the Dani tribe of Papua, Indonesia, there's a unique tradition involving women. When a family member passes away, the women may cut off a segment of one of their fingers to express their grief and symbolize the pain of their loss. This ritual is intended to appease the spirits.

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4Xr8J TIL there's a surviving text of an 1121 law in Baghdad requiring all Jewish women to wear at all times: 1 yellow star on their head, 1 yellow star on their neck, a necklace w/ a lead plaque that said "Dhimmi" (ie "non-Muslim"), 1 red shoe, 1 black shoe & a bell on their neck or their shoes

e0de6 TIL "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet funded Titanic's last known survivor, Millvina Dean's, nursing home fees.

XOwX TIL child actor Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer was killed by a single gunshot wound to the groin while fighting over $50.

6mOQ TIL frosting is a buttery, thick coating for a cake while icing is a sugary, thin glaze that hardens when dry.

8Ylb TIL the main component of education in Turkmenistan has been almost completely replaced by memorization of the “Ruhnama”, the president’s personal autobiography. An engineer reported that all his son learns is passages. “He has begun telling me off because he has memorised more of the book than me.”