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TIL there is a culture deemed unstudiable by some anthropologists for leading such uninteresting and mundane lives, focused upon work, frowning upon sex and play and without spiritual or political leaders.

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QJ5rM TIL that the spice known Coriander are the ground up seeds of another seasoning: Cilantro.
neeeY TIL that there exists a small minority of Jews in China. Known as the Kaifeng Jews, they preserved many aspects of Jewish culture and traditions for centuries.
Wk4O9 TIL there's a Japenese diver who tends an underwater Shinto shrine and has been greeted by the same fish for the past 25 years
Lpnd TIL in Spain, it is tradition for hunters to kill their Spanish Greyhound hunting dogs at the end of the hunting season. Young healthy dogs are hung, shot, maimed and/or strangled and left to die.
YpwoZ TIL about Europe's southernmost glacier. It is located in cave Eptastomo at Parnassos mountain, Greece. At altitude of 1300m the temperature inside the cave never goes above 0°C. Its name means seven orifices and it is only accesible through rapel ropes.