“Scottish Haggis Are Practically Extinct”: 30 Interesting Facts About Countries Round The Globe

As an Australian I find this impossible to believe. The native, and feral, geese here are so nice. I've even had the pleasure of a Canadian goose coming up to me in Australia and politely asking if I had any food.

Cobra chickens

Yep, that's why they are sometimes used as guard-geese: they are an absolute menace!

And they poop everywhere.

They are also quite mean looking, so I wouldn't approach anyway. I'm not scared of birds, but big birds in a big group (flock? whatever is it called again?) are kinda terrifying.

The ones in England are fine. They just don't like to get out of the road

They (maybe not CG, lol) make good (& loyal) security guards on your land, though.

And ostriches

no! Majorly dangerous waterfowl--they seriously protect each other, especially nests and babie

Once I was walking near the waterfront and there was a little mini “peninsula” that stuck out maybe 10m into the water and had a cute picnic bench on it. I sat on the picnic bench, enjoyed my lunch, and turned to leave. Blocking the way back to land was an entire flock of Canada geese. I ended up stranded on that peninsula for nearly 3 hours.

They're all over the parking lot at my grocery store. It's like they live in the parking lot, and sleep in the planters.

I had to boot one yesterday when I was biking to work, there is a bike path very close to a lake i usually ride and this f♡cker ran up from the shore at me at what would be my 10'o'clock i guess, nearly head-on I couldn't avoid it so it met Mr. Left Timberland

No, no, as and Italian, we feel really hated from you but we love you anyway..

True. As we say, France is a beautiful country, but it's a shame the French live there...:)

Nono, we definitely hate you.

That’s Londoner’s, and New Yorker’s…If you were to step onto the Tube, in London, whilst on fire, the ONLY reaction you would get would be one gentleman looking up from his Kindle , glancing at you, and muttering, “Prick.”

Are the French stuck-up then?

That is because they are BIG CITY folk and don't have time for you ... you ... whatever you are getting in their way! And part of me doesn't blame them.

Back in the 80s I found some of the older department store assistants could be rude, but everyone else has always been fine with me. I was once asked by an assistant in the Musée d’Orsay to act as an ‘interpreter’ because she and a visitor, who both spoke excellent English, were struggling with each other’s accents.

Same here!

And the dragon for Wales

And the unicorn "accidentally" is arch-nemesis of lions in mythology and one of few creatures that can defeat them ;)

The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown. The Lion beat the Unicorn all around the town. (Alice in Wonderland)

And the Dragon for Wales. By the way, the national animal for the Netherlands is also a Lion. Maybe something to do with William III, prince of Orange, king of England and stadtholder of the 7 provinces?

Notice that the unicorn is in chains? What does that tell you about a "United" Kingdom.

Thanks. We're quite proud of it

That's the first 1 I've seen that's an actual TIL.

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Everytime I see a statue or image of this, I remember that "lupa" was also a slang word for a female prostitute and I give a little nod to the alternative interpretation of the legend 😄

That was actually my great-great-great-a-million-times-great grandmother, Amica Wolf. ;)

That's just sexist! Many male wolves could have fed them - not all wolves are useless in the kitchen! 😋