80 People Reveal Shocking and Unbelievable Secrets About Their Countries You Never Knew
US: “Fuuuuu… Yes, we’ll take the lot!”.
We have both the largest air force in the world (USAF) and the second largest air force (US Navy). This fact has always blown my mind.
No affordable healthcare, horrible work/life balance, the government doesn’t even pretend to care about its citizens… but, hey! We’ve got a s**t-ton of military aircraft!
Argentina, if you had your 7th son or 7th daughter (so you need 6 of the same s*x first, regardless of having some of different s*x in between), then he or she can get a “presidential godparenthood”. Giving the person actual benefits in life like free education (university too) with some allowances as well, kinda pointless thinking that there’s public education for all, but still, this is an actual written law. This comes from ancient European myth that the kid could be a werewolf or a witch.
Abortion is absolutely completely illegal in the UK
However, a more modern law states that, if 2 (or more) reputable doctors confirm that your abortion is necessary, then the government is required to defend your criminal conviction on your behalf. A defence against, themselves, which by default just results in a settlement, of nothing.
It is a stupid workaround because actually updating or even codifying the legal system is too much to ask.
Singapore is likely the only country which has increased its land mass by 25% without war or territorial disputes. We do so via land reclamation from the sea.
Australia has only ever lost 1 war…against the emu’s in 1850. They are now our overlords. They are forcing me to write this. Pray for us
Not a big wtf I guess, but we hang birthday calendars in our toilets. I guess so we can’t forget and have something to read while we’re there. It’s in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I just found out Thomas Jefferson was only 33 when he wrote the Declaration of Independence
We (Ireland) accidentally legalized k******e and e*****y for one day ! They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. We also sent a turkey to the Eurovision, but sure look !
Before invading Spain, napoleon sent a formal letter to the crown along the lines of ‘don’t worry about my armies crossing the border, we are just on our way to Portugal!’. No one suspected anything until he was literally knocking on the gates of our capital.
We Dutch like to eat raw herring. We take it out of its little tray, dip its decapitated corpse into chopped onions, lift it above our mouths, and bite off a big chunk.
Canadian soldiers were so nasty (no one wanted to be taken prisoner by the Canadians) in WW1. The world came up with rules. The Geneva Conventions.
4th largest airforce in 1960. Country of ~8 mil at the time.
>!Sweden!
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