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Sasuke
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 02:58 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 02:59
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I would like to share random facts about my country and hope you could share some of yours. Anyone who has a random fact please go ahead.

Did you know that London has more surveillance than any other city in the world.

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Robert F
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 03:07
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In 2006 the Us population estimate was 299,398,484

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Jeku
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 03:17 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 03:17
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Canada sold the image rights of the RCMP "Mountie" to Disney in 1995.


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Zdrok
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Rhode Island has possibly the worst drivers ever.

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Veron
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 04:21
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Of the 6 billion+ people in the world, one out of ten lives on an island (600 million).


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sp3ng
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Australia has a rotating island off its sourthern point called Tasmania that inhabited by people with two heads


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Veron
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Quote: "Australia has a rotating island off its sourthern point called Tasmania that inhabited by people with two heads"


Bah, I thought it was 6 fingers?


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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 09:10
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Sweden, which soon have less people then WOW, is the 3rd largest music exporting country in the world.

Sweden have been or are the worlds most computerized and most Internet covered country.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 09:31
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France contains French people.

Did you know this??

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Veron
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 09:45
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Nup, I thought they were all immigrants.


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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 09:49
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New Brunswick, NJ is in the top 3 of having both the most singles and youngest population(median age 24). Sounds like a great dating scene. Although, reading/math test scores put them at about 26% below state average. So if you're looking for a young, single girl who can't read, go to New Jersey.


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Roxas
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 09:50
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Apollo is going to explode in 5 days.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 09:53
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The last Apollo stopped flying back in the 70's.


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Veron
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 10:41 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 10:42
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In Australia:

Life expectancy for men is 75 years
Life expectancy for women is 80 years

Australia is the world's largest exporter of:

* Coal
* Wool
* Alumina
* Diamonds
* Sheep
* Lead
* Refined zinc ores
* Mineral sands


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ShaunRW
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 12:35
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ummm... australians like vegimite(is that how u spell it?...lol)





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Vegemite...

And we like Milo...

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Veron
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Haha, we like and a good BBQ! And now i've made myself hungry...


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monotonic
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"I am." - Is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.


Some strange laws from England, some are now obsolete.

1) It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

2) You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.

3) It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store, or in a bank if handling foreign currency. (If this was still the case I would have an amazing aquarium)

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Darth Vader
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 13:20
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That at least one Australian has taken part in the Olympics since the late 1800's.

Quote: "Haha, we like and a good BBQ! And now i've made myself hungry... "
We do don't we!


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Grandma
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 13:21
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Norway has two official languages, both different versions of Norwegian and we must know both.

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MSon
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 13:29
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I just did i quick google and Come On, you cant beat the UK.



Almost makes you proud to be British

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Samoz83
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 14:19
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Quote: "The highest level of surveillance in world"

i thought we had the highest in Europe

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MSon
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 14:36 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 14:38
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No, the world, I remember a story on the news a couple of years ago after there where complaints as a hospital which built a new car park, also upped security and placed over 100 security cameras around there new car park, More than they had inside the hospital.

The building i work in has about 6 security cameras, just on 1 side of the building, staring at the path

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Roxas
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 14:40
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Quote: "Norway has two official languages, both different versions of Norwegian and we must know both."


I feel sad for you ;(
Atleast i almost got dumped because i could not learn the weird swedish languange..

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 16:19
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Quote: "One of the Highest Taxed countries in the world"


I think you're far of from Sweden though. We have like the best public health care system in the world and the highest taxes because of it.

Quote: "The highest level of advertising to children in Europe"

In Sweden it's illegal to advertise to children under 12 so most Swedish TV channels are broadcasted from London


Here's something that was on the news not long ago. Don't turn this thread political though, that's not allowed by the AUP. The municipality of Södertälje in Sweden have about 80'000 inhabitants but they are accepting more refugees from Iraq then USA and Canada combined.

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MSon
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Quote: "I think you're far of from Sweden though. We have like the best public health care system in the world and the highest taxes because of it"


Personally I think we proberley have one of the worst, I dont even bother with Doc's/Dentists, You Dislocate a Limb, Pop it back in, You got pains? Painkillers, that kind of attitude, Although i guess this does depend on where in the country you live as some areas have much better hospitals, ect.

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Grandma
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 16:41 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 16:42
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Norway is the best country in the world to live in according to the UN (whom I don't trust). Sweden with a close second place, last time I checked. And Sierra Leone at last place.

@ Digital Awakening

Yeah, we get our share of immigrant too. So many infact that there's a big debate whether they should be granted the right to wave with their "native" flag on our independence day rather than the Norwegian flag.

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xplosys
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 16:58
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Quote: "Rhode Island has possibly the worst drivers ever."


Hey, I resemble that remark.... though I don't live there any more. Georgia doesn't seemm to be much better.

- Georgia was named to honor King George II of England.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 17:06
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Quote: "Hey, I resemble that remark...."

You must look pretty interesting then.

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xplosys
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 17:40
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Quote: "You must look pretty interesting then."


Thanks, but I'm seeing somebody in Game Design Theory.

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The United States is the leading exporter of bullcrap.

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Evil Star
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There are only three words in the English language that begin with "Dw"

Dwarf
Dwell
Dwindle

"Don't make me come down there!" -God
"I'm not a rascist...I just hate everybody" -Christian "Flake" Lorenz of Rammstein
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Gil Galvanti
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I've heard that the only word in the English which has no rhyme is "orange", not sure whether it's true or not, but I can't think of any...


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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 18:34 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 20:08
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Quote: "I've heard that the only word in the English which has no rhyme is "orange", not sure whether it's true or not, but I can't think of any..."


Purple too, but I don't know if turtle counts.

Don't you just hate that Zotoaster guy?
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MSon
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Blorenge (a mountain in Wales)
sporange (a sac where spores are made)

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Omega gamer 89
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[MOD EDIT] - Don't be a dork. Read the AUP before posting next time.

...but I am the ferret king!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! tremble before my ferret minions!

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Benjamin
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Did you know: Not everyone reads the AUP.

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MSon
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I'vr never read it, but it just a case of common sence

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Zotoaster
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Did you know that 93% of statistics are made up on the spot?

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Omega gamer 89
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98% of America would die if Abercrombie and Fich said breathing was uncool. If you are part of the 2% that would be laughing your *** off, re-post this somewhere.

...but I am the ferret king!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! tremble before my ferret minions!

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Jeku
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 20:19
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Quote: "Sweden have been or are the worlds most computerized and most Internet covered country."


Are you sure it's not South Korea?

Quote: "New Brunswick, NJ"


That's a great fact in itself, as I could have sworn New Brunswick is a province in Canada

Quote: "The highest level of surveillance in world"


I would say that would be North Korea. They're taught to rat on each other for anything, even complaining about food rations.

Quote: "Norway is the best country in the world to live in according to the UN (whom I don't trust)."


Well Vancouver has been the top city to live in 2005. Not sure if it is anymore, with all the east side addicts drugging up in broad daylight

Here's another fun fact--- Omega Gamer has earned himself a week slap!


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Digital Awakening
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Quote: "Are you sure it's not South Korea?"

Computers per capita and broad band per capita at least have been highest in Sweden at some point. This is thanks to the government investing a lot of money into this.

Quote: "I would say that would be North Korea. They're taught to rat on each other for anything, even complaining about food rations."

I would not count that as surveillance though.


The Swedish city Luleå, only an hour from where I live, have been on Discovery's top 10 worst built cities in the world. Basically it's built like a wind tunnel, allowing the wind to blow from the sea into the city; which is good for tropical climates, but over here it's winter 6 months of the year.

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Grandma
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Posted: 25th Apr 2008 20:46 Edited at: 25th Apr 2008 20:47
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South Korea is wired up good. Soon they'll assimilate the world.

Quote: "I would not count that as surveillance though."

Surveillance comes in many forms. Whether it's human eyes or lenses.

Edit: lol @ Luleå. Been there once.

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GatorHex
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Did you know the earths rotation is slowing down, so gravity is reducing, so the moon is getting further away each year and eventualy the planet will lose it's atmosphere!

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Jeku
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Quote: "but over here it's winter 6 months of the year."


I would love that

- Canada has only been officially a country since 1982.
- Canada has 6 time zones.
- Ottawa is the average coldest capital city in the world.


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bitJericho
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Quote: "98% of America would die if Abercrombie and Fich said breathing was uncool. If you are part of the 2% that would be laughing your *** off, re-post this somewhere."


98% of America has reposted this somewhere because they thought it would make them look cool.


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Digital Awakening
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Quote: "Did you know the earths rotation is slowing down, so gravity is reducing, so the moon is getting further away each year and eventualy the planet will lose it's atmosphere!"


The Earth does not get it's gravity from spinning AFAIK, ever heard of: "large objects attracts smaller objects"? If you are say on Halo, which is a ring world, the spinning pushes you onto the ground. A ring world uses centrifugal force to generate fake gravity.

IIRC a planet (or star or moon etc) starts to spin as it is forming, out of gas that is. I think it had something to do with how the planet shrinks and become compact generates a lot of energy causing everything to start spinning and the more compact it gets the faster it spins, until it stops contracting.

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dan958
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england is inhabited by dan's....wow, that would be bad


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5Louiz
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. Brazil's primary language is Portuguese, not Spanish. Also, our metropolis is not Buenos Aires.
. Brazil is not a gigantic jungle where people live with monkeys, gigantic snakes and Blankas.

Sounds absurd, but I knew people who really believed in those. >_<"

Now.. Some serious ones:

. The most popular Brazilian musical genres are: Bossa Nova, Samba, Axé, Pagode, Forró. Each genre has is own dancing style. By mixing Forró music, reggae music and forró dancing, a group of people created a funny thing called "Forraggae", but it is not popular. The name "forró" originated from the English expression "for all".
. In Brazil, many people refer to foreigners as "Gringos". The story behind this is not relevant.
. Capoeira was invented as a dance and a touchless game, not a martial art. Because it develops high flexibility and strength, it became popular as a fighting style.

That is it for now. I shall post something else if I find time. ^^

Cheers.

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bitJericho
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Quote: "Brazil is not a gigantic jungle where people live with monkeys, gigantic snakes and Blankas."


I think the reason people think so is because it'd be freakin' sweet.

Also, because Brazil looks like this on maps:




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