› added 9 months ago

522

TIL that "Ghost Marriage" is a Chinese tradition involving the marriage ceremony of one or both deceased individuals.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

AAon TIL Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Heath Ledger’s character in “A Knight’s Tale”, was a real person.
PlmJ TIL Tylenol(paracetamol) also reduces pain from social rejection(i.e. emotional pain).
dM17 TIL that despite a rate of gun ownership among the highest, Switzerland has one of the lowest murder rates in the world.
D5LV TIL there must always be a cyclone somewhere on Earth
BrJED TIL: Dennis Rodman's height was only 5'6 as a high school freshman and he never made the varsity basketball team. He decided to give basketball another chance when he hit another growth spurt after graduating high school and working as a janitor. He grew to be 6 feet 7 inches.