Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1516arrow-down1imageTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.lemmy.imagisphe.reWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square215linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoPretty much all customs are culturally transmitted - that’s kind of the definition. But they’re not necessarily totally arbitrary either - there is often some other information that can be added beyond “they have learned to do it.”
Pretty much all customs are culturally transmitted - that’s kind of the definition. But they’re not necessarily totally arbitrary either - there is often some other information that can be added beyond “they have learned to do it.”