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Samuel Neptune
United States95 Posts
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Civerb
Norway1 Post
Also, we invented: ![[image loading]](http://biblioteka.ivest.no/sites/biblioteka.ivest.no/files/image/image/binders.jpg) Your welcome. | ||
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Kuhva
United Kingdom183 Posts
On June 21 2011 22:48 Civerb wrote: Norwegians have more one night stands than any other people in the world. Also, we invented: Your welcome. America claims your invention too... like everything else!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_clip  | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:48 Vulcano wrote: ppl complaining about the suck-ness of the posts made me want to think up a good unique one.. but its more of a question.. (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?? I believe this is true for Australia as well. Some jack about duty of care. | ||
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BlitzerSC
Italy8800 Posts
Also " we " invented the first battery and the first mercury barometer if I'm remeber correctly | ||
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Akta
447 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:48 Vulcano wrote: Depends on how you word it but civilians hurting criminals is probably generally illegal in most countries unless it's clearly self defense etc.ppl complaining about the suck-ness of the posts made me want to think up a good unique one.. but its more of a question.. (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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FlopTurnReaver
Switzerland1980 Posts
On June 21 2011 21:25 frogurt wrote: Also, ![[image loading]](http://www.typeboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vegemite.jpg) Vegemite sandwiches are my ultimate gaming food. So easy to whip up like 4 or 5 at 4 am after a long session. Disgusting :s This is one of the worst things I have ever tried^^ Some other short facts about us: We have the steepiest(?) cog railway in the world with a gradiant of 48% We have the highest waterfall in Europe with 700m We have the oldest mountain lodge in the world (1832) We also posess the highest situated cabin in Europe, containing the highest situated ATM in Europe (4554m) ![[image loading]](http://static.go-abroad.pl/tp/galery/th/th1_3186_capanna_regina_margherita.jpg) | ||
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lycan
Netherlands67 Posts
Compact Disc The compact disc was jointly developed by Philips and Sony. In the early 1970s, Philips' researchers started experiments with "audio-only" optical discs, and at the end of the 1970s, Philips, Sony, and other companies presented prototypes of digital audio discs. Philips publicly demonstrated a prototype of an optical digital audio disc at a press conference titled "Philips Introduce Compact Disc" in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on March 8, 1979. 1608 Telescope Hans Lippershey Hans Lippershey created and disseminated the first practical telescope. Crude telescopes and spyglasses may have been created much earlier, but Lippershey is believed to be the first to apply for a patent for his design (beating out Jacob Metius by a few weeks) and make it available for general use in 1608. He failed to receive a patent but was handsomely rewarded by the Dutch government for copies of his design. A description of Lippershey's instrument quickly reached Galileo Galilei, who created a working design in 1609, with which he made the observations found in his Sidereus Nuncius of 1610. There is a legend that Lippershey's children actually discovered the telescope while playing with flawed lenses in their father's workshop, but this may be apocryphal. Lippershey crater, on the Moon, is named after him.[1] [edit] 1620 Submarine Cornelius Drebbel, was the inventor of the first navigable submarine, while working for the Royal Navy. Using William Bourne's design from 1578, he manufactured a steerable submarine with a leather-covered wooden frame. Between 1620 and 1624 Drebbel successfully built and tested two more submarines, each one bigger than the last. The final (third) model had 6 oars and could carry 16 passengers. This model was demonstrated to King James I in person and several thousand Londoners. The submarine stayed submerged for three hours and could travel from Westminster to Greenwich and back, cruising at a depth of from 12 to 15 feet (4 to 5 metres). This submarine was tested many times in the Thames, but never used in combat | ||
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Cuddle
Sweden1345 Posts
In Sweden we have "Babar" which is "Rabarber" backwards...  | ||
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VoirDire
Sweden1923 Posts
That is not interesting to read and only makes you look like dicks. There is a cultural bias there. Because you are accustomed to a certain type of food, beer, women etc makes you thing your country is the best in that aspect. Know and accept that a lot of other countries feel the same about their stuff. Also, don't post disputed claims like my country invented the telephone or we started the renaissance movement etc as facts. | ||
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VoirDire
Sweden1923 Posts
On June 21 2011 23:07 Cuddle wrote: In Sweden we have "Babar" which is "Rabarber" backwards... What? I don't even... EDIT: *Rant mode on* "Rabarber backwards"? WTF man! What prompted you to post that in this thread? (Rabarber is the swedish word for "rhubarb" btw) If you are talking about spelling, there aren't even the same number of letters! Five to seven! And "rabarber" backwards is "rebrabar". There is no "babar" in there. There is a "brabar", but that's a very long leap. Help me out, I'm trying to deconstruct your line of reasoning here: Hmm.. Let's see. I've already posted one interesting fact about my beloved Sweden, but what is the second most interesting thing about our country? Aha! I got it! If you take our word for rhubarb, remove the first two letters, the second to last letter, capitalize the last letter and read the result backwards. Then the result yields a totally unrelated french-canadian children's show about a talking elephant that used to run in syndication here 5-10 years ago! Yes... Yes... That definitely is the second most interesting and uniquely swedish thing I can think of. *Rant mode off* | ||
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Gantritor
Italy112 Posts
On June 21 2011 23:03 FlopTurnReaver wrote: Disgusting :s This is one of the worst things I have ever tried^^ Some other short facts about us: We have the steepiest(?) cog railway in the world with a gradiant of 48% We have the highest waterfall in Europe with 700m We have the oldest mountain lodge in the world (1832) We also posess the highest situated cabin in Europe, containing the highest situated ATM in Europe (4554m) Dude, Capanna Regina Margherita it's half in Italy, not just in Switzerland. | ||
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Gantritor
Italy112 Posts
On June 21 2011 22:44 Opera wrote: France : - 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) Renaissance started in Italy. And, about the food... LOL | ||
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Canell
8 Posts
On June 21 2011 03:04 Gnial wrote: Sports that we invented: - Basketball - Ice Hockey - Lacrosse - Snow-Mobile-ing - Canadian Football (dur) - Ringette - Five-pin bowling. - Roller skating. - Skiing (or at least the modern binding) Other things that we invented: - Electron microscope - Plastic garbage bags - IMAX - Insulin - The Jolly Jumper (lol) - Machine gun tracer bullets - Superman - The washing machine And more! We Norwegians have been skiing since 5000 B.C. We also pioneered modern forms of skiing. You're not getting that one. While I am here... ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/g8zZ1.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xsqnM.jpg) | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10534 Posts
Sorry france, but you lose out on sheer variety? The italian cuisine as a whole is just sooo varied, nothing compares, worldwide. | ||
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hitthat
Poland2216 Posts
Only people of our country can read "przejście dla pieszych" without throwing saliva all-around. How baddass is that? | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6631 Posts
The United Kingdom had the largest empire and was, relatively, the most powerful nation in all of history. The United Kingdom invented many of the sports that are popular around the world today but we kinda suck at the majority them  On June 21 2011 04:58 thebteam wrote: US is the only country to not use the metric system. At least I think this is true. Liberia and Burma don't use it either (Liberia uses imperial measurements and Burma has its own antiquated system) | ||
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Batch
Sweden692 Posts
On June 21 2011 23:23 VoirDire wrote: How about we stop posting vague unsupported claims like "My country has the best food/women/cheese/beer/beautifulest city" etc? That is not interesting to read and only makes you look like dicks. There is a cultural bias there. Because you are accustomed to a certain type of food, beer, women etc makes you thing your country is the best in that aspect. Know and accept that a lot of other countries feel the same about their stuff. Also, don't post disputed claims like my country invented the telephone or we started the renaissance movement etc as facts. I agree, please post less biased claims and more interesting facts. * In the 17:th century Sweden was somewhat of a warmongering superpower. Sweden owned Finland, Estonia, Livonia, parts of Norway, and well as a few German dominions. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Sweden_in_1658.PNG) * During this period of time the Swedish king Karl XI tried to breed mooses in attempts to use them in war. This failed due to the mooses being to hard to controll. | ||
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Maxquatre
France493 Posts
- We had the balls to tell Bush and Powell that Irak didn't have WMD and we're getting bashed for it. | ||
KwarK
United States41471 Posts
On June 21 2011 23:51 jello_biafra wrote: The United Kingdom is the most influential country in history. The United Kingdom had the largest empire and was, relatively, the most powerful nation in all of history. The United Kingdom invented many of the sports that are popular around the world today but we kinda suck at the majority them Liberia and Burma don't use it either (Liberia uses imperial measurements and Burma has its own antiquated system) Unfortunately Scotland invented pretty much everything we claim as British. They really punch above their weight in terms of global influence. | ||
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