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   Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Dec-2025 01:22:49 JST Today I learned

   TIL that in the Brothers Grimm's original Cinderella (Aschenputtel), the stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit Cinderella's Glass Slipper and later have their eyes pecked out by doves at the royal wedding, leaving them blind forever.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella
   #til #todayilearned
   https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pxuubi/til_that_in_the_brothers_grimms_original/

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     Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 29-Dec-2025 01:24:27 JST Another Linux Walt Alt

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     @todayilearned That's amazing. I learned in high school German class that the Pied Piper of Hamelin didn't take the kids to a candyland. He drowned them in the river, the same as the rats.
     
     I'm thinking I need to obtain a reliable English translation of their original works.
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     Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 29-Dec-2025 01:25:28 JST Another Linux Walt Alt

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     • mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:
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     @mangeurdenuage ^