Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down16
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareluciferofastora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe USA doesn’t have a slave caste making up 80% of its population that it ritually declares war on every year. They aren’t quite as bad as Sparta. Yet.
The USA doesn’t have a slave caste making up 80% of its population that it ritually declares war on every year. They aren’t quite as bad as Sparta.
Yet.