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ControlMonkey
Australia3109 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:15 eNbee wrote: I have a feeling the last 2 posters are being slightly disingenuous  Lying about wildlife is what Australians do best. That and cask wine! But seriously, penicillin. | ||
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kleetzor
Germany360 Posts
1- We have the world's highest coastal range (Sierra de Santa Marta), located near my hometown. 2- Only country in South America with coasts on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. 3- Largest open coal mine in the world (my brother works there :D) 4- Most and best emeralds in the world. And some more curious ones I forget now. | ||
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Vulcano
United States147 Posts
(USA) Here a criminal, lets say thief hypothetically, can sue the owner of an establishment he is robbing, if he is injured while on said establishment property, during said robbery. (for instance, if the owner shot but not killed him) Is there ANYWHERE else this kind of ridiculous legal finagling is possible?? | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10534 Posts
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Klaus1986
United States113 Posts
My state is known as Tornado central. Oklahoma has the largest amount of "violent" tornadoes out of all other states located in what Americans call "Tornado Alley." Texas has the largest amount of total tornadoes. And Florida has the most tornadoes per land area. ![[image loading]](http://www.k9assistance.co.uk/uploaded_images/fenton-tornado-734444.jpg) Here's a massive tornado that was almost A MILE WIDE: ![[image loading]](http://axiomamuse.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/story-larger-tornado-kwtv.jpg?w=300&h=169) Here's an example of the destruction they cause sometimes (these are in Kansas and Missouri respectfully): ![[image loading]](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.greendaily.com/media/2008/01/greenberg-kansas-tornado-destruction-550.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://kgov.com/files/images/science/tornado-destruction.jpg) These pictures are just examples of what can and does happen in Oklahoma during the storm season spring. Luckily, for whatever reason, while we still have an average of 70 tornadoes per year, we haven't had a devastating one since 1999. Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia have had devastating ones in the past few months though. | ||
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Razakel
Ireland466 Posts
The official Irish police force the Gardaí do not carry firearms Up until a few years ago they had a simple wooden baton, that was it, no gun, no taser or anything like that. Recently they have expanded to have pepper spray, but the regular police still don't carry any 'serious' or lifethreatening weapons. Note: there is a special branch of detectives that crack down hard on drugs and the like that are armed, but they are a minority. I remember telling a pretty cool guy from the US I met on holidays this and he totally freaked out asking me what protects us from the terrorists and rapists and thieves etc... The last part of my post isn't meant to bash on the US btw, I have friends (through starcraft) all over the world and the response is always similar, it was just funniest in the case of the American guy because he reacted so fiercely. So I'm wondering is this really that weird? Irish drinking culture also gets an honourable mention but its fairly well known all over the world so I guess it doesn't qualify.  | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10534 Posts
The really shocking part form e at these pictures is, that your houses seem to have no basements and seem to be built out of paper? (why else would the, as it seems, by far talest building still stand?)? O_o | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
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iNbluE
Switzerland674 Posts
On June 21 2011 07:11 Kipsate wrote: We make the best cheese Do not try and argue that. Hum. All the dutch cheeses I tried were some kind of tasteless semi-hard cheeses. French cheeses are BY FAR the best IMO. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10534 Posts
Swiss = Best "semi-hard and hard" Cheese (really awesome). Netherlands = Semi-Hard cheeses that have no strong taste (which makes them good for people that are not "really" into cheese but bad for people that really love cheese - like sugared white wine...). | ||
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amatoer
Germany212 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:35 Vulcano wrote: So is BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) German or Bavarian? Fricking would love to live in Germany!!!! I'm German , family originally from Luxembourg , shuttled to America some generations ago, where we boldly embody the TRUE spirit of self-righteous idiocracy!! in a way i never fathomed possible :D America is unique in that to not blindly support .. well, anything really, is to not be patriotic GO USA!!! as a German, you want to seperate yourself from Bavaria as good as possible, but it's actually quite difficult sometimes, since you can't negate that some good things came from Bavaria, like the Reinheitsgebot and (some) cars. But on the other hand there are many stupid bavarian things flooding Germany. Like leather trousers, yodeling and politicians. Oh and before I forget: Germans love - and I mean LOVE - their bread. You can hardly satisfy a German with foreign bread since it's most of the time white, soft and tastes like nothing. German bread has to be well baked, with a delicious crust and outside hard, but soft on the inside. example: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6998/doppelback02.jpg) a "Doppelback" (translated twicebaked) is a bread with a hard crust but still soft inside. I cant describe it's taste because its typically breadish to me :D + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8514/pumpernickel.jpg) the Pumpernickelis a very special bread. It has a very characteristic taste and lasts quite long. You must try it if you ever visit Germany (even though you might not like it!) The french baguette is quite nice, too, but bread from the Neatherlands is just gross. Sorry, guys. | ||
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Klaus1986
United States113 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:59 Velr wrote: @Klaus1986 The really shocking part form e at these pictures is, that your houses seem to have no basements and seem to be built out of paper? (why else would the, as it seems, by far talest building still stand?)? O_o Many houses in the southwest US don't have basements, but have what is called storm shelters (think bomb shelters from WW2 near their houses). As for the construction, that just depends on the income level of the area. But there aren't many houses that can withstand sustained 200 mph winds (i don't know the strength of the tornadoes from the pictures). If an eF5 (200mph+/330 kph+) tornado gets anywhere near a building, that building will no longer exist. They can pick up entire 18 wheeler trucks (that can weigh 10 or more tons) and throw them thousands of feet. | ||
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MagickMan
Australia498 Posts
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AnxiousHippo
Australia1451 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:39 ControlMonkey wrote: Lying about wildlife is what Australians do best. That and cask wine! But seriously, penicillin. What about penicillin?... Australia isn't really unique for anything, we just steal everyone else's ideas :/ | ||
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Geisterkarle
Germany3257 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:35 Vulcano wrote: So is BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) German or Bavarian? Sorry, you missed the pun Bavaria is a county of Germany. Like Texas, Alabama, ... in the US! But because they (Bavaria) always feel a little bit "special" about being a "Freistaat" ("free county") it is a "running gag" saying that there is Germany and then there is Bavaria! But it isn't! ... Actually that is also some kind of special of our country  | ||
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Deadlyfish
Denmark1980 Posts
On June 21 2011 22:28 AnxiousHippo wrote: What about penicillin?... Australia isn't really unique for anything, we just steal everyone else's ideas :/ When i think of Australia i think of Crocodile Dundee!  You should be proud. | ||
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Rinrun
Canada3509 Posts
On June 21 2011 03:11 bonifaceviii wrote: We buy milk in plastic bags, which Americans think is the weirdest thing ever. ...yeah, that's about it really. Long live the milk bags. Milk tastes funny from the carton (has that carton-y taste and smell). :/ | ||
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Kuhva
United Kingdom183 Posts
We have no written constitution like Israel and New Zealand.(A constitution doesn't have to written, no matter what American schools teach. Therefore America doesn't have the longest running constitutional Government for sure) We have the greatest variety of cheeses in the world (despite what France and Italy would have you believe which have 400 local varieties each, the UK has over 700) and we definitely make the best cheeses. You probably haven't eaten them as there is plenty of shit in our supermarkets. The English Language. The language which the most wide spread in the world (thanks to the British Empire, and the Global power of America in the later half of the century) and has the most words. There's thought to be between 500,000 and 1,000,000. Compare to French, approx 80,000 and German 100,000-200,000... That's alot of Words. We have more tornados per a square mile than the United States. We might not still use it but we did give the world Imperial Measurements! We invented the World Wide Web!!! Take your helicopters and you TV's and your Starcraft but it was Brit who World Wide Web, HTTP protcol and HTLM (TimBL, We didn't invent the internet mind but we did invent what made it possible) We also invented the Jet Engine... you can take your piddly propeller planes and gliders English milk comes in plastic bottles, the convinence of a carton, without the taste. Malt Vinger on Chips. Fish and Chips. Football. Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. The BBC. | ||
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dark14cs
143 Posts
Everyone is very nice | ||
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Opera
France469 Posts
- Best food in the world. No country can even THINK of competing with us. Even the everyday classic food tastes better than your country most sophisticated dish. - Largest variety of wines. - Over 1500 years old country. (First acknowledge king is Clovis (466-511)). The word "Francia", derived form latin, was first used in 1204. - France territory was twice less than half of its current size (when first created and during the Hundred Year War) and three times twice as large (during Charlemagne, Louis XIV and Napoleon reigns) - The Renaissance movement started in France, it prefigured modern philosophy, science and art. - France has the best train coverage in the world - France has the best handball team, but no TV broadcasts handball except for semi-finals and finals of big tournaments - French people love bashing the government - Strikes. - France had 4 different constitutions since 1848. - Pierre de Coubertin, which revived the Olympic Games, was French - French movie distributors have the habit of replace English movie titles by another English title instead of traducing it or keeping the original title (No strings attached => Sex friends, Up in the air => In the air, The hangover => very bad trip, The boat that rocked => Good morning England, and so on ...) - France is known for its electronic music artists and DJs such as Daft Punk, David Guetta, Air, Bob Sinclar, Justice, Étienne de Crécy ... (fun fact: Daft Punk, Air, Justice and Étienne de Crécy all were in the same high school near Versailles) | ||
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