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What “cultural norm” makes no sense to you?

by QuestionGuy August 31, 2022, 12:47 pm

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TIL How masterly horror Deliverance set trends. Despite it’s harrowing violence, the movie Deliverance not only boosted the popularity Whitewater Rafting in the 70s but also gave rise to the Southern Gothic horror film genre. It also had Dueling Banjos, what a cultural touchstone of a film!

by whatilearned August 11, 2022, 3:56 pm

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TIL the Vietnam war went on for TWENTY YEARS. 1955-1975. Maybe common knowledge inside the US but as a Brit I had no idea it started in the 50s. No wonder it’s of such huge cultural significance, really puts is in perspective. Mostly all hard fought years as well, an entire generation lost. GD.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 8:48 am

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TIL the terms Latino/Latina came from the French word Amérique Latine. Coined by Napoleon III, it was used in an effort to imply cultural kinship to Mexico and justify French intervention as well as to combat the ever growing Anglo-Saxon presence in America.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:19 am

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TIL 90% of sub-Saharan Africa’s cultural heritage is in the possession of Western collections

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 5:39 am

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TIL Beer culture in Belgium is added in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage at 2016.

by whatilearned June 8, 2022, 10:55 am

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TIL that Indonesia has a cultural stereotype where street vendors selling meatballs are presumed to be undercover cops.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 9:54 pm

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What culture does NOT have a rich cultural heritage?

by QuestionGuy May 11, 2022, 11:13 pm

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TIL about the Journal of Porn Studies, dedicated to understanding the cultural, economic, historical, legal and social impact of pornography

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 10:38 am

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Morbius is a cultural reset

by CopyPastaArchive April 12, 2022, 7:33 am

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People whose cultural memory begins after 2008 are incapable of experiencing genuine nostalgia.

by CopyPastaArchive March 16, 2022, 3:31 am

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Was there a significant, discernible or lasting cultural difference between the Angles and the Saxons?

by HistoryBuff March 15, 2022, 11:57 am

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