The world is wonderfully diverse. So many different countries and so many different cultures.Travelingcan 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 theyasked: “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.
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As a Canadian, I cannot stress this enough: DO NOT APPROACH THE GEESE IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE.
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.
Scotland: National animal is the unicorn. Not joking.
Brazil: We have the biggest japanese community outside Japan.
The Italian national animal is the wolf, yes, but it’s usually not specified that it’s the female wolf.
Mexico is not yellow, and I’m tired of Hollywood always making Mexico yellow in their movies.
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.
New Zealand is colder than people expect.
🇮🇪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.
Most of the haggis sold for meat are farmed in Wales. Wild scottish haggis are practically extinct.
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.
Many people in the US do not carry firearms.
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.
Amsterdam is not the only place in the Netherlands.
pierogi is already plural , no knead to call them pierogies.
Germany: The autobahn is just a mundane part of everyday life many of us don’t really think about, and speed limits do exist.
There are actually more than 3 Pyramids in Egypt.
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Brazil actually have strong laws against crime. We are just incapable of enforcing them. I think most Brazilians don’t know this either.
Oktober fest does not start in October.
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.
Good Filipino hospitality only works for foreigners. Towards fellow countrymen, most Filipinos are pretty selfish.
Rick and morty is animated in ireland.like… everything about that seems wrong.
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.
South Africa, First human heart transplant took place here. Also, the Kreepy Krauly and cat’s eyes were invented here.
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That we burned the White House down.AliMcGraw:O CANADA!
An exiled French aristocrat is the reason we (the United States) gained our independence. To be honest, I think most U.S. citizens don’t realize this either.
In Belgium, hospital insurance is typically included as part of the national social security system, which is funded through taxes. This means that citizens contribute to the financing of hospital insurance through their taxes, ensuring access to healthcare services without additional out-of-pocket expenses for hospitalization.This partially explains why Belgium has a tax rate of 40% for incomes exceeding 15,000 euros per year, which is essentially a minimum wage salary over here.
There are sand dunes in Colorado, US.
Sweden. Our public transport is good enough that you really don’t beed to rent a car unless you have tonnes of baggage. You can get around on busses and trains super easily.
Foreign people think that Butter Chicken, samosa and butter roti are the only dishes that Indians eat. There are many more than that, taster, healthier, and affordable 🙌🙌.
Didn’t ban the use of DDT until 1989 last country in the OECD I believe also the last of the nations that had troops exposed to agent Orange in Vietnam to offer compensation and funded treatmentNZ.
To know that Marrakesh and Agadir are not the most beautiful, there are other unknown cities that you can visit and enjoy (Morocco).
Honduras is essentially just Mexico and Brazil but a bad knockoff.
Chicago is shockingly clean, and the people are crazy-friendly and will take their entire lunch break to walk you to the Art Institute if you’re mildly lost, and invite you to Thanksgiving Dinner along the way.We’re not rude. We’re not New York!Chicago is also one of the world’s greatest gourmet food cities, the best American city for architecture, and BY FAR the best American symphony orchestra. We gave the world Modernist Cuisine, and skyscrapers, and deep-dish pizza, and we remain the world’s top destination for jazz. The Art Institute is WORLD F*****G CLASS.Everybody knows facts about New York and LA and SF and Walt Disney World, but foreigners hardly know anything about Chicago – “It’s in the middle, right?” “Ooooh, Al Capone, bang bang!” – but it should be your top US city to visit.I absolutely promise you that you will enjoy no US city more than you enjoy Chicago. Everybody who lives here loves Chicago, and wants you to love Chicago, and they are SUPER NICE besides. You will begin to believe in American smiles because Chicagoans smile because they mean it and want you to enjoy your visit.
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