Forwarded from Smeed's Christmassery and Solsticery (Not Hanukkah edition) (Smeed)
This but Latvia (and replace tornadoes with gypsies)
Forwarded from TIL (Timeline I Learned)
TIL that UK used to do "virginity tests" at their airports on women coming from South Asian countries, these exams used to also occur on women at British High Commissions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 2021 this procedure was officially made illegal and criminalized in England and Wales
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