7LBoots
7LBoots t1_j1oa30a wrote
Reply to comment by Kemel90 in Eli5: Female circumcision by ThreesomeInk
> religious zealots
Be honest.
It's not all religions. It's mostly one we can't talk about.
7LBoots t1_j1o9z3l wrote
Reply to comment by Ravioverlord in Eli5: Female circumcision by ThreesomeInk
Called the "daddy stitch", stuck on there after giving birth to make her tighter for the husband. No benefit to the mother.
Maybe an urban legend, possibly (rarely) performed. Horrendous if true.
7LBoots t1_ivkgbst wrote
Reply to comment by Qwez81 in TIL that the "Lost City of Atlantis" was invented by the philosopher Plato, as a fake enemy for Athens that lost favour of the gods and was sunk in to the sea. by PDRugby
Even if it was entirely fictional, it wasn't Plato that made it up, right?
7LBoots t1_iufrr79 wrote
Reply to comment by brock_lee in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy
It was a dried cake of pressed grapes (with natural yeast), and the warning would be to not mix with water, etc...
7LBoots t1_jcdaxg5 wrote
Reply to TIL that many species of spiders can fly through the air with a technique called ballooning by last_air_nomad
I once had about 20 little Black Widow babies crash into me while ballooning across a lake. I was fishing in a float tube, there was nothing I could do. They all just crawled up to the end of my pole and put thread out, and ballooned off into the wind.