[THEFERMANATOR]

For centuries, Hindu women have worn a dot on their foreheads. Most of us have naively thought this was connected with marriage or religion.

But the Indian Embassy in Washington , D.C. has recently revealed the true story.

When a Hindu woman gets married, she brings a dowry into the union. On her wedding night, the 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 nothing is there, he must take a job answering telephones giving technical advice.