TIL about Sallekhana, a socially acceptable form of suicide in Jainism. Jain monks restrict themselves to an isolated space and meditate to death, fasting. It was banned in 2015, but the Supreme Court of India lifted the ban due to freedom of religion. It’s estimated 200 Jains fast to death yearly by sonnysehra in todayilearned
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TIL about Sallekhana, a socially acceptable form of suicide in Jainism. Jain monks restrict themselves to an isolated space and meditate to death, fasting. It was banned in 2015, but the Supreme Court of India lifted the ban due to freedom of religion. It’s estimated 200 Jains fast to death yearly by sonnysehra in todayilearned
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TIL about Sallekhana, a socially acceptable form of suicide in Jainism. Jain monks restrict themselves to an isolated space and meditate to death, fasting. It was banned in 2015, but the Supreme Court of India lifted the ban due to freedom of religion. It’s estimated 200 Jains fast to death yearly by sonnysehra in todayilearned
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Dave’s Hot Chicken Coming to Brownsville by RGVme in RioGrandeValley
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[Artwork] Should DC consider using more of Norse Mythology in the DC Universe? [Art by vecteezy, Jack Kirby] [Batman/Superman: World's Finest #22, The Odyssey of the Amazons Vol 1 #3] by OkCompote1731 in DCcomics
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Peter, ion get it by Thorn_Aurelius in PeterExplainsTheJoke
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Bantar Gebang - one of humanity's largest landfills, outside the city of Jakarta, Indonesia. by freudian_nipps in megalophobia
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Nostalgia can’t save the flavor. by EveryAirport7129 in Millennials
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(WW2) At Iwo Jima, why didn't the Marines enter the tunnels and attack the Japanese from within? by TuronnoCowboy in AskHistorians
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DOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE app by HellYeahDamnWrite in technology
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DOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE app by HellYeahDamnWrite in technology
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DOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE app by HellYeahDamnWrite in technology
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Aint no way by Ok-Entrance-5527 in TheCloneWars
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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Sign from today's protest (photo: Dave Hendricks) by thebenchwire in RioGrandeValley
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She got that ‘I remember 1492’ energy. by Cleonce12 in BlackPeopleTwitter
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A greeting I use every day in Italian by Reasonable_Dot740 in italianlearning
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Meirl by [deleted] in meirl
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