Random Friday trivia. The Amish!
Amish: The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, and reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann. Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish.

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  3. Did you know that there is a pretty sizable Amish population living in Mexico? They moved there, because there was less of a culture gap (since the areas they were moving to were more rural and less industrialized). Cool right?

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