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onion article titled "tourist immediately breaks 34 sacred local customs while deboarding plane

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This reminded me of when I was hiking in Peru once and needed to pee badly. We stopped after a while, and I went to relieve myself behind some rocks. Five minutes later, much to my despair, the guide explained that the rock formation was sacred to the Incas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If it makes you feel any better, chances are that countless birds have peed on those specific rocks through history.