A shared understanding of some aspect of the world that exists because the people of a specific culture understand that thing to exist, and understand the meanings behind it. However, this understanding can vary between cultures. For example, 'gender' or 'marriage' have a set of cultural meanings attached to them, but these vary between cultures.
Cultural construct
Fact of the Day
In 1385, London appointed its first sanitary officer, the serjeant of the Channel, to keep the streets free of rubbish.
Quote of the Day
"Pray for me, now my calamity is at hand!
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~ John Stubbs, just before having his hand removed for seditious writing, 1579
On This Day
1846 Scottish surgeon Robert Liston was the first European to use anaesthesia during an amputation. He could amputate a leg in two and a half minutes.
1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1937 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', the world's first full-length animated film, premiered in the USA
1946 A tsunami caused by an undersea earthquake killed at least 1,362 and left thousands homeless in Japan.
1967 Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, died in Cape Town, South Africa, 18 days after his operation.
1988 Pan Am Flight 103 exploded as it was flying over Lockerbie, Scotland. All 243 passengers and 16 crew, and 11 residents of Lockerbie were killed