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TIL that a story exists in the mythology of the Chinook peoples where an anthropomorphic coyote is insulted, and later taught to catch salmon, by a talking pile of his own feces

by whatilearned June 10, 2022, 11:56 pm

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TIL red carpets at big events are red, because in Greek mythology, red was seen as a colour of the God’s.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 1:13 pm

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TIL portraits of presidents were not depicted on the official currency of the USA until the beginning of the 20th century. The first dollars had the figures and faces of the characters of Greek and Roman mythology and pictures with the participation of Native Americans appeared on the money.

by whatilearned May 17, 2022, 12:16 am

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TIL the hummingbird brain is 4.2% of its body weight, twice higher than the human brain at only 2% proportionally.They remember well their migration routes, and the yard and flowers they visited the previous year. Some consider them sacred, and in mythology they are healers helping people in need.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 8:40 pm

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TIL in Japanese Mythology, the sun goddess once shut herself in a cave because another god was being a dick to her, and was lured out because of another goddess dancing topless on a table.

by whatilearned May 12, 2022, 1:16 am

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What country has the best mythology?

by QuestionGuy April 2, 2022, 12:57 pm

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TIL following Mount Mazama’s eruption 7,700 years ago that reduced its elevation from 3,700 meters to 1 meter, it was immortalized in the indigenous Klamaths’ mythology as a fight between two gods.

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 6:55 am

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TIL About Aralez, dog-like spirits from Armenian mythology that capable of healing wounds and reviving the dead.

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 6:02 am

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TIL about Hiranyakashipu. A asura king from Hindu mythology who was blessed to be unkillable by deva, human or animal, at day or night, indoors or outdoors, on earth or space or by any weapon. He was killed by an incarnation of Vishnu who managed to kill him without violating his blessing.

by whatilearned March 18, 2022, 2:01 pm

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TIL of the Greek god Dionysus (created circa 1,300BC) had a mythology so similar to Jesus the two shared multiple nicknames, origin fables, death fables, “profession,” and even being “a sacred king killed and eaten in an eucharistic ritual for fecundity and purification.”

by whatilearned March 13, 2022, 11:44 pm

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TIL that according to Greek Mythology, the Titan Cronus, who, fearing that he would be overthrown by his children, devoured them upon birth. His fear came true when Zeus, his youngest son, took over his throne.

by whatilearned March 8, 2022, 12:36 am

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TIL about the story of the indian woman Shatarupa, who was the first woman that creator god Brahma created according to hindu mythology. Brahma was so infatuated with her that he grew 5 heads from every direction.

by whatilearned February 27, 2022, 1:43 pm

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