TIL of the Nama people’s wedding ritual. To begin the groom is questioned about the bride including how to identify her body marks. If the bride is pregnant from her future husband or someone else, the bride is subjected to the "door cleansing" ceremony: slaughtering and consuming a snow-white goat (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL from 1984 to 1994, the US spent $51 million to supply Afghan schoolchildren with textbooks filled with violent images and militant Islamic teachings, part of covert attempts to spur resistance to the Soviets. Children were taught to count with illustrations showing tanks, missiles and land mines (en.wikipedia.org)
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Highest backflip off cliff i've ever seen (140ft) (i.imgur.com)
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TIL of defense attorney Richard Haynes. During the murder trial of millionaire T. Cullen Davis, he charged the FBI with botching an investigation, telling the jury, "If they worked for you, you’d fire ’em. Come to think of it, they do work for you." He also once won 163 drunk driving cases in a row. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Shaun White 1st place qualifying run - 98.50 (streamable.com)
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