The Unexpected Rules and Customs of the Amish Community

What They Do During Rumspringa

Rumspringa can be a bit of a tricky time for an Amish teenager. Some teens choose to spend a week outside of their community before their new baptism, and others go big and head right into the nearest city. Sometimes, the teens don't return. They can even spend years away from the community, but sometimes they will come back.

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The More You Know

  • For 67 consecutive years, Mary was America's most popular female baby name. Linda broke the streak in 1947.
  • A man sued Pepsi claiming he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • The stars and flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."
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