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TIL about culture-bound syndromes, psychiatric/medical disorders that are only found in specific cultures/groups.

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6E9Ym TIL there is an International Standard for making a cup of tea, and the milk goes in first (except in Ireland who have officially expressed disapproval)
L49p TIL that Van Halen contracts contained a clause calling for “no brown m&m’s”, which allowed them to cancel a show if one was found, and only existed to guarantee that the contract was read and followed
AD4Aa TIL in 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults. It wasn't till 2003 the Supreme Court reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states.
Wke9A TIL that the founder of Chevrolet was swiss
RlDw TIL that although cannabis is illegal in Australia there’s a town in New South Wales revolving almost only around weed selling and weed tourism where cannabis is both sold and grown openly.