For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot on their foreheads- Most of us have naively thought this was connected with religion, or marriage, or something, but the Indian Embassy in Washing, DC has recently revealed the true story-

When a Hindu woman marries, she brings a dowry into the union- On her wedding night, the new husband scratches off the dot to see whether he has won a convenience store, a gas station, a donut shop, or a motel in the United States-

If there is nothing under the dot, he must take a job in India answering telephones and giving technical advise that no one can understand-