Today I fell down the rabbit hole of wikipedia once again, as I have a tendency to do, and I learned details about the traditions of serving bread and salt. Being American and therefore immune to learning about other cultures by accident, I had only ever heard of this ceremony via George Rowdy Roddy Martin, because it is about food and therefore it is in his book. But it's not just a thing that happens between fighting and tits, it's a real thing.
Apparently this is practiced even during spaceflight. Buncha astronauts all "oh hey there, welcome to our sweet space pad, have some salt packets and bread packets, we're friends in space now!"
And that is awesome.
Here we can see Diamond Joe Biden being presented bread, salt and a tasty trio of saucy wenches as he arrived in Kiev in 2009.
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So now this is a thing that I know that now you know.
It is one of those things that made me go "Huh."
What are some mildly interesting things you know or have learned recently?
Better yet, go wander around on wikipedia, hit random article and bring back the most interesting fact you find within six links of your landing page.
Apparently this is practiced even during spaceflight. Buncha astronauts all "oh hey there, welcome to our sweet space pad, have some salt packets and bread packets, we're friends in space now!"
And that is awesome.
Here we can see Diamond Joe Biden being presented bread, salt and a tasty trio of saucy wenches as he arrived in Kiev in 2009.
So now this is a thing that I know that now you know.
It is one of those things that made me go "Huh."
What are some mildly interesting things you know or have learned recently?
Better yet, go wander around on wikipedia, hit random article and bring back the most interesting fact you find within six links of your landing page.