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“Scottish Haggis Are Practically Extinct”: 30 Interesting Facts About Countries Round The Globe
Article created by: Ilona Baliūnaitė
The world is wonderfully diverse. So many different countries and so many different cultures. Traveling can broaden our horizons, of course, but some things and experiences can still remain a mystery. That's why it's always interesting to hear from the locals: what they recommend, what they advise to avoid, and what fascinating facts we should know about their native place.
Someone was curious to know more about the latter, so they asked: "What are facts about your country, which foreigners do not usually know about?" People from all around the world started sharing their countries' wonderful secrets. From national animals to lesser-known achievements, all kinds of interesting facts came to light.
What about you, Pandas? Do you happen to know any strange facts about your homeland that you think foreigners should know, too? Let us know in the comments if you do!
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#1
As a Canadian, I cannot stress this enough: DO NOT APPROACH THE GEESE IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE.
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#2
French here.
Parisian don't hate you in particular.
They hate everyone.
They hate each other.
And most of them are not even born in Paris in the first place.
Raymond Core 8 months ago
I've seen European-wide polls that show this is true. The rest of France is a whole 'nother country from Paris. I tried to interact with a half-dozen Parisians and was treated as if I wa a bothersome fly buzzing their face; they couldn't get away from me fast enough. While, on the same trip, the French people outside of Paris reminded me of the hospitality I enjoy in Louisiana's Cajun country; great people.
#3
Most of the haggis sold for meat are farmed in Wales. Wild scottish haggis are practically extinct.
#4
Many people in the US do not carry firearms.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
An estimated 16 million adults carried a loaded handgun in public at least once a month. Nearly 47,000 people died of gun-related injuries in the United States in 2023.
#5
Our elderly care is abysmal. Nursing homes in US costs $8-15k a month and most insurance companies don't cover it. Don't be old, kids!
Raymond Core 8 months ago
You can always move to Canada where they will gladly euthanize you, though.
#8
Scotland: National animal is the unicorn. Not joking.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
Only modern unicorns are made of love and candy. Ancient texts have unicorns made of death and nightmares.
#10
The Italian national animal is the wolf, yes, but it's usually not specified that it's the *female* wolf.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
** looks up term for female woof ** finds out it is bored panda safe. Wonders why poster didn't just say a she-wolf. Wonders if poster, wrongly, thinks the term is the same as a female dog.
#11
Mexico is not yellow, and I'm tired of Hollywood always making Mexico yellow in their movies.
#12
One fact not even people who were born and raised know about: During World War 2 the Netherlands had one of the worst survival rates for Jews in all of the German occupied territories; only 5,000 out 105,000 survived the war. The extensive Dutch civil administration is often cited as a cause of this; once German police had access to the public records they knew exactly who was Jewish, and where they lived. Once they had that information, it was easy for them to target and deport any Jewish people living in the Netherlands.
While that is true, what is not often talked about is how much of the work tracking down Jewish people was done by Dutch people, many of whom benefitted financially from their actions. Police and civil servants got paid bonuses if they found Jews in hiding, notaries public would make a hefty commission on the sale of confiscated Jewish properties, even the national rail company got their cut charging the Germans for use of their trains to transport captured Jews to concentration camps.
Education about this aspect of the German occupation has gotten much better over the past ten years or so, but when I was a kid we were taught none of this. We only heard about the how the heroic resistance would oppose the Germans and try to hide Jewish people, when in reality there were more collaborators than there were ever members of the resistance.
#13
I feel like too few people are really prepared for how fast the Australian sun will burn them when they get off the plane...
If your SPF isn't 50+ it might as well go in the bin.
Retirement in Australia is basically skin cancer treatments.
Slip slip slap people.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
The term is "Slip Slop Slap". You do not burst into flame as soon as you step of the plane, you have at least 10 minutes before that happens.
#14
New Zealand is colder than people expect.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
We have things called mountains. People try to climb to the top of them in tee-shirt and shorts. We pick up their bodies later.
#15
Iceland does not have a Mcdonalds. Not sure if this is a well known fact or not but I get asked by trourists sometimes.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
This was due to the Icelandic financial crisis of 2008, which made it too expensive to import ingredients for the fast-food chain
#16
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1. We're not all drunk alcoholics.
2. We're not British.
3. There is more food and drink in 🇮🇪 than your stereotypes of potatoes, Guinness.
4. We don't like it when you claim your Irish through a long line of relatives.
5. The people here are not leprechauns. Some are just small or ginger.
Raymond Core 8 months ago
1. Correct. Sometimes you are not drunk but you are still alcoholics.
#17
As a Norwegian, Norway likes the "we are forward thinking and accept all people" publicity, but in reality, Norway is incredibly racist and xenophobic.
A lot of Norwegians will get angry if you point it out too.
#18
In World War II Canada interned Japanese people.
Many people don't know this but what is now Strathcona and East Vancouver used to be Japantown which was a bustling Japanese community. They were taken from their homes and businesses. In fact if you visit some of the buildings in Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), you're visiting the very buildings they slept in; hundreds of cots, lined up with no privacy.
#21
Germany: The autobahn is just a mundane part of everyday life many of us don't really think about, and speed limits do exist.
#22
There are actually more than 3 Pyramids in Egypt.
Raymond Core 8 months ago
When I refer to pyramids, I am referring to the Great Pyramids that are a famous landmark. Anyone with eyes knows there are many, smaller pyramids.
#23
Brazil actually have strong laws against crime. We are just incapable of enforcing them. I think most Brazilians don't know this either.
#24
Canada is a well known place for animation. A lot of US studios farm out work here and it's subsidized by the provincial governments. The standards for children's animation is high and is easily exportable to other countries.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
"Canada is a well known place for animation" ... only in canada? Because otherwise the post is not needed!
#25
When it comes to Dubai, 99% of people seem to be of the opinion that Dubai has no culture and little history.
Not so. When i moved there in the 80s (before it became a behemoth), the culture was very much evident.
Fishing from dhous, trading along the river, ancient traditions such as camel racing, falconry and, most impressively, creating successful nomadic communities that thrived for thousands of years in some of the most desolate areas on the globe.
And then oil was discovered.
#26
Good Filipino hospitality only works for foreigners. Towards fellow countrymen, most Filipinos are pretty selfish.
#27
Australia - has 15 ski resorts, though by international standards they're pretty lame...and expensive.
Angel Investors 8 months ago
Australia does run a skifield through a forest like other countries.
#28
Singapore has entire clusters of crammed foreign worker housing out in the fringes of the city in industrial areas, at the edge of forests, and along the sea.
#29
South Africa, First human heart transplant took place here. Also, the Kreepy Krauly and cat's eyes were invented here.
#30
The United States was formed by a bunch of aristocrats that didn’t want to pay their taxes.
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