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TIL: Ernesto Miranda, Namesake of the Miranda Rights, Sold Autographed 'Miranda Cards' with the Warning Text for $1.50 Each in Phoenix After His 1972 Parole, Later Found Dead with Cards on His Body After a 1976 Bar Fight Stabbing
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TIL Swedish children dress up as witches ("påskkärringar") during Easter, going door-to-door with decorated twigs and drawings in exchange for candy, based on old folklore about witches flying to "Blåkulla" to dance with the devil
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Swedish easter celebrations history traditions delicious food | Gustavs Kitchen
Discover the rich traditions of Swedish Easter, from little witches and decorated birch twigs to the spectacular food at its heart.gustavskitchen.se
TIL Spartans were paedophile and slave owners. Infanticide was a common practice in Sparta. They also took money from Persians to fight against Athens in the Peloponnesian war.
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Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School
This is Part I of a seven part series (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, Gloss., Retrospective) comparing the popular legacy of Sparta (embodied in films like 300) with the historical ancient state. Toda…A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
TIL about Manichaeism, which was once a major world religion. Beliefs included the idea that God is not actually omnipotent, harvesting is an act of murder against plants, and Adam and Eve were the children of demons.
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TIL about an incredible bird called the Arctic Tern, every year it flies from one side of the planet to the other and back again:
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"Recent studies have shown average annual round-trip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi)"
A bird species that migrates 70,000 kilometres every year! 🤯
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