› added 1 year ago

36

TIL Kakiniit are the traditional tattoos of the Inuit of the North American Arctic. The practice is done almost exclusively among women, with women exclusively tattooing other women with the tattoos for various purposes.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

a8ndZ TIL the recommend amount of laundry soap you are supposed to use is 2 tablespoons. The "measuring cup" on top makes you use to much detergent.
ANWox TIL that New Zealand used to have giant one metre (around 3 feet 4 inch) tall swans.
gMBg4 TIL that Parmesan cheese is not vegetarian due to the inclusion of animal rennet, an enzyme extracted from calves’ stomachs which used to set the cheese
EgnyV TIL that in 1977 Bob Marley was diagnosed with melanoma under a toenail. He rejected his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated, citing his religious beliefs. The cancer subsequently spread and he died of metastatic melanoma 4 years later, at the age of 36.
EgYE7 TIL Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi propagandist and good friend of Hitler, was the first foreigner to be granted Sudanese citizenship due to her services to the country after she tried to make a documentary about Sudanese culture