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Gerrymandering and Lobbying are words used to legitimize or obscure unethical behavior. What is another word or term that hides the true intention or meaning of another unethical practice?

by QuestionGuy September 2, 2022, 2:53 pm

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TIL The idiom ‘with flying colors’ originated with the practice of victorious ships flying flags, or ‘colors’ from their masthead to announce their victory as they sailed back into port.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 9:52 am

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TIL that in Kazakhstan, some men take more than one wife. The second and subsequent wife is called ‘tokal’. They are usually younger than the first wife, known as ‘baibishe’. Even though polygamy is technically illegal in the country, it’s a widespread practice, and it’s gaining in popularity again.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 1:51 pm

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TIL Irish monks invented the Catholic practice of confessing to a priest and performing penance in private. Prior to this, confessions and penance were done publicly.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 11:26 am

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TIL that Horace Wells, the man who discovered modern anesthesia, committed suicide after a failed demonstration of nitrous oxide cast his life into a spiral, where he closed his practice, became addicted to chloroform, and threw acid on prostitutes while inebriated.

by whatilearned August 3, 2022, 6:02 am

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TIL there is a meditative practice that people do called Sungazing. It’s where people stare directly at the sun in hopes of clearing their mind and becoming more focused. But there is no scientific research to support these claims and staring at the sun can lead to blindness in the worst cases.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 5:19 pm

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TIL Shampoo was introduced to Britain in 1814. The Bengali surgeon Sake Dean Mahomed opened the Isles’ first shampoo bath in Brighton that year and promoted the practice as able to cure many diseases and give full relief when everything else failed.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 11:23 am

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TIL That Chiropractic was invented by a Canadian in 1895 named D.D. Palmer who believed that a doctor who died 50 years prior gave him the knowledge of this practice during a spiritualist camp.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 4:19 am

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TIL of the practice of Muerto Parado. After you’re dead they embalm, dress and pose you doing the thing you enjoyed when you were alive. This gentlemen was posed playing video games surrounded by snacks, which he loved doing in life.

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 4:40 pm

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TIL that as late as 1983, the purported Holy Foreskin of Jesus was paraded through the streets of Italy, but the practice was cut off when it was removed by thieves.

by whatilearned July 17, 2022, 12:59 pm

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What modern day practice/ belief is most likely to be considered barbaric and outdated in the future?

by QuestionGuy July 14, 2022, 5:35 am

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Why couldn’t the green pepper practice archery?

by cringeyjokesman July 3, 2022, 1:25 am

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