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TIL: In 16th c. Europe, it was considered manly for men to wear elaborate headdresses made of ostrich feathers.

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m1EQY TIL that some families in China, when a relative dies, go through a 3 years period called "Filial Mourning", during this period they must refrain from any form of celebration, like parties, weddings, birthdays, etc.
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