Questions tagged [culture]
for questions about claims based on the culture of various countries and regions.
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Were giant liver flukes (Fascioloides magna) ever consumed by humans?
The Wikipedia article on Fascioloides magna (giant liver fluke) claims that the parasitic species was once consumed primarily in Wisconsin and to a lesser extent in other parts of North America:
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Are Chinese trends being mislabeled as Japanese or Korean?
I'm seeing claims like this in various places on the Internet:
Some Chinese trends such as Douyin and Xiaohongshu makeup, specific styles of makeup originating from and named after Chinese social ...
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Is this gorilla joke from 1897?
From a viral image I found on Twitter:
Text transcription:
thatsbelievable:
The Best Gorilla Joke of 1897
Gorilla: Did you hear about the gorilla who escaped from the zoo?
Zookeeper: No, I did not.
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Is there any historical basis to the four Toltec agreements?
Mexican author Miguel Ruiz published a best-selling self-help book called The Four Agreements, claiming to be based on ancient Toltec wisdom. The four agreements are as follows:
Be Impeccable With ...
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Is slime mold eaten in Mexico as a dish called "feces of the moon"?
Various web sites make the claim that slime mold is eaten as a dish called "caca de luna" -- feces of the moon -- in Mexico. Sometimes the claim is attached to Fuligo septica, "dog ...
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Was Picasso chased out of town after unveiling Guernica?
In multiple interviews, Lana Wachowski has told this story:
Picasso, when he revealed Guernica, was actually chased to the train station by an angry mob.
—The Wachowskis | DePaul VAS
But we knew, we ...
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Did the single motherhood rate among black Americans jump from 20% to 70% since the 1960s?
In conservative responses to racial disparities involving wealth and other things a lack of fatherhood figures within the black community is often cited as causative. For example, Ben Shapiro said ...
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Are cadavers normally embalmed with "butt plugs" before burial?
According to this graphic, from the DarkestHumor page
That one time I went to a mortuary and some cute mortician girls gave me a butt plug. Seriously. This is to prevent post mortem [anal] leakage.
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Did the Smithsonian publish this infographic about 'whiteness'?
The American Conservative ascribes some claims to Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC):
Look at this stunning exhibition from the website of the Smithsonian’...
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Do any people in South Africa traditionally spend two days together praising wrong-doers to help them?
I have seen variations on the following meme posted by many of my friends on Facebook:
https://me.me/i/ubuntu-in-certain-regions-of-south-africa-when-someone-does-4931579
In certain regions of ...
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Does "dressing for the job you want" help promotion?
There is a saying:
Dress for the job you want, not the one you have.
I have always understood this as implying that this is a way to help attain "the job you want".
This article references a ...
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Do people in only "a few countries" wear their shoes inside the house? [closed]
Yesterday I watched the following video on Facebook: America Vs: Shoes At Home. In that video, it's argued that wearing shoes inside the house is inappropriate, mainly because it's not hygienic, but ...
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Did Master Stone Masons have to Bow to the King?
I have heard this multiple times, including in a documentary once. The claim is that the Master Stonemason, in historic times, did not have to bow to the King (generally implied to be from the British ...
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Do babies from the United States cry more then babies in other parts of the world?
In the Cracked article 5 Universal Experiences That Are Different In Other Cultures the third claim made is that
American Babies Cry Way More Than Other Babies
I would like to know if the claim ...
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Is this claim about Turkey's restriction on Zorok TV accurate?
Kurdish children's channel Zarok TV to be allowed back on air in
Turkey only if 40% of the shows are promoting Turkish culture and
language.
https://twitter.com/DrPartizan_/status/...
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