okay, i was going to bitch about how the ny times wrote another stupid article about things that any reasonable person has already figured out. but then i saw this fun snippet-

The Daribi of New Guinea, for example, have children make a small box and bury it in the ground, telling them that after a while a treasure will appear inside but they must not peek, according to Edie Turner, a professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia.

Invariably the youngsters succumb to curiosity — only to find a sample of human feces.

i think that is the most hilarious thing.