The Unexpected Rules and Customs of the Amish Community

No Photos, Please

You won't really see an Amish person posing for a selfie. They're opposed to being photographed due to the vanity of the fixed image. Some will agree to be in candid photographs that they are not taking themselves or will pose if their face isn't showing.

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The More You Know

  • The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be "virtually certain", and believes that intelligent design "isn't science even though it pretends to be."
  • Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.
  • A reservoir in space holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.
  • The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the world in their lifetime.
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