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by snowwrestler 4817 days ago
Why document something that everyone does? History is captured in sources like published news, government statistics, personal letters, etc. A personal behavior that is widely understood would not necessarily be newsworthy enough to capture in any of those places.

This is a real problem for historians: unusual occurrences are usually well-documented in permanent media; everyday life usually is not.