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Facts about your country!; To learn a bit more about other people cultures and way of life
Topic Started: Feb 13 2014, 04:02 PM (7,480 Views)
Stephen
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Bill
Oct 3 2015, 09:06 AM
here, when the yellow light is on, it doesn't mean slow down before stopping to the red light, it means HURRY THE *&&^ UP!

here, when a cop is nearby, we are all angels.

These two things are universal :P
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Tyranachu
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Nah. Here, people bribe cops. And the cops cooperate. :P
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Fireplume
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Snok Snok Snerson

NorCal, it's probably most similar to a mixture of West Texas (politically speaking and geographically here in the valley) and er... Switzerland as far our mountains are concerned? I mean we literally have the Trinity Alps, and the Southern Cascades rather aren't that different.

As for wildlife, our largest species is the Puma (which is so unbelievably overpopulated it's scary) with the Mule Deer close behind. We also have Coyotes, both Gray and Red Foxes (though the latter isn't native) and other little critters. Also we're in the Pacific Flyway and so we get tons of bird life, including a few really special species now and again.
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Pull my finger!

Fun fact: Michigan is a terrible state :P
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Flower
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eternal finessé

There are no cows roaming about in the streets here (in calcutta).

Like in the Philippines, Indians like to bribe, and cops like to be bribed.

If we define a religion, then each state is very likely to have it's own unique one, not classified under the big hat of 'hinduism'.

Christmas is the time where the most sales takes place. (Next to Durga Puja, but it's a regional thing and Christmas is national). Yes, hindus love Christmas.

We do not love Curry with a passion, it's just diverse and in many forms over here.

Yeah we all hate that one 'neighbour' of our country. Even if it's illogical.

Products here are 88% likely to have been made in China, 6% the US, 3% Japan, 2% in India and 1% others.

Yes the streets have lot of animal faeces.

Red lights here means 'try to sneak out while the police officer is seeping'

Yellow lights mean 'Please go'

Green lights mean the same as above.

Not really lol, just what people do. xD

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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

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Oct 3 2015, 09:46 AM
Fun fact: Michigan is a terrible state :P
I tend to like it. Finding mammoths and mastodons under highways and Walmarts and farmers' markets really makes up for the lack of dinosaurs.

(Also I just love the random changes in weather every 10 minutes...)
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

(Aaaand I accidentally double posted...)
Edited by TheToastinator, Oct 3 2015, 10:57 AM.
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1) There's a ton of strangers knocking on your door to get you to their church, or even screaming out that sin is punishable by death. Though there's hundreds of religions here.

2) Did I mention it never rains or snows here. It's always freakin' hot and sunny.

3) There's a ton of stuff made in China or India, like manhole covers.

4) A bunch of hobos sleep under bridges. Oh and McDonalds is everywhere. Did I mention that California has tons of highways because Californians love cars.

5) Yes. There's wild animals in the middle of cities. Though they usually come out at night and I doubt there are any larger than coyotes, though there are pumas very near cities. Though some like Virginia Opossums and the feral parrots, which are diurnal, aren't native. Also tons of gulls.

6) My state uses some of the most electricity in the US, and tons of tourists come here.

7) Like much of the US there's some angry people complaining about police brutality.

8) Earthquakes don't freak out Californians, except that giant one we are expecting. We always have them even when we are in bed, we don't even feel most of them.

9) Did I mention that we can find prehistoric wildlife in the middle of cities.

10) Almost every race can be found in SoCal.

11) Every other state hates Californians. xD
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Burns
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1. Denver is about a mile above sea level.

2. Our law on marijuana put a new meaning to the song "Rocky Mountain High"

3. John Denver is not from here.

4. Baking this high sucks!

5. Bears have been spotted in my neighborhood

6. You are never more than 10 minutes away from a park in my town

7. 85% of Colorado's population is near the highway

8. We are prone to forest fires

9. Boulder is the place where all the weirdos were dropped off on the Oregon trail. xD
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Rockypockypuff
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Is walkin' with a dead man.

You get money for going to school.

Although our taxes are high and they pay that.

Our taxes also pay for free health care to everyone in the country, no matter if you're native or not.

Also apply to the police and fire department.

But the taxes are relative to what you earn in a year.

So if you earn very little in a year, you don't have to pay taxes.

Also, cows are quite common here.

We also drink a lot of coffee.

Fika is something we do like, daily.
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Sergio
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I will talk about Lima because I haven't stayed in any other Peruvian city long enough to know about it:

-There aren't people walking around texting...

... because if you take your phone out in the street some random dude will steal it.

-Drivers prefer to scare the s**t by going at full speed fight next to them instead of lowering their speed.

-Dog, cat, hamster, parakeet, rabbit and goldfish are the only pets people doesn't consider extremely rare, even thouh most stores sell other animals.

-People prefer to potentially be fined for s/. 200 (like $60) instead of cleaning their dog's poop in the park.
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So this topic went from "Facts about your country" to "Facts about your City."

Hm.

Anyways, here are some facts about Canada:

- We have the world's first UFO landing pad
- We have 20% of the world's fresh water, and more lakes than all other countries combined
- We have 62% of the world's polar bears
- We have the most doughnut shops per capita than any other country
- We have the only town name in the world with two exclamation marks (Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!)
- We have the dude with the longest beard
- We invented IMAX, the electric wheelchair, and Basketball
- We invented the green ink used in US money
- We have the longest street in the world
- Canadians own the "Mall of America"
- Some places in Canada have less gravity than the rest of Earth
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Burns
Oct 3 2015, 03:54 PM
2. Our law on marijuana

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4. Baking this high sucks!

;)

Rhode Island has literally no interesting facts other than that our state is 99.999% white pine tree.
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TheToastinator
Oct 3 2015, 10:55 AM
Fluffs
Oct 3 2015, 09:46 AM
Fun fact: Michigan is a terrible state :P
I tend to like it. Finding mammoths and mastodons under highways and Walmarts and farmers' markets really makes up for the lack of dinosaurs.

(Also I just love the random changes in weather every 10 minutes...)
The weather changes are one of the reasons why I detest Michigan, and I don't see a single report of mastodons or mammoths found under Walmarts.
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Tapejara~The~Wellnhoferi
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ooo-weee-ooooooooo eee-yoo-ooooooooo...

1. Random guys speed up motorbikes for no reason.
2. Once pets but escaped angry lovebirds and budgies are waiting to peck your eyes out.
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