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TIL that in the Sundarbans mangrove swamps of Bangladesh and India, tigers kill up to fifty people a year, and the widows of men killed by tigers face cultural and religious ostracization, and are viewed as bad omens. Many are excluded from society to the point of having their children taken away.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1862754/tiger-widows-shunned-as-bad-luck-i…
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