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From Hollywood to PBJ sandwiches, there are countless incredible things for which we can be thankful to no one else than the US.

In Europe, millennial kids grew up watching Powerpuff Girls, wearing Vans slip-ons, and listening to The Smashing Pumpkins in their teenage years. Fast forward to a more recent age and the music world would never be the same without Queen B or controversial Ye. It’s fair to say that the impact of American culture around the globe has been unequaled since the dawn of time, and it’s time to celebrate it!

So today, we looked at this Ask Reddit thread to find out what American staples have found their popularity abroad, according to people, and the responses are very interesting!

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Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Gender reveal parties. One of the worst gifts the US has given

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Gender reveal party = celebrating the baby's genitals. Weird s**t, if you think about it

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer GPS

    The American military gave away one of the coolest technologies to the world. No service fees, no subscriptions. Imagine if Meta or Apple had invented it.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they had invented it, it would have probably had unskippable ads. Lots of them!

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer National parks. It was started in America by future Republican president Theodore Roosevelt and quickly it became a world wide practice.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Many mistakenly think America’s Yellowstone National Park is the oldest in the world but there’s one that was created a century earlier. Established by the Mongolian government in 1778, the area surrounding Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve is actually the oldest in the world. It is located south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and takes three to four hours to hike. You’ll find many cultural sites surrounding the park, including the ruins of Manzushir Monastery, Buddha Park, and Zaisan Memorial."

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Blue jeans

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The patent is American (Levi Strauss, XIX Century). But that particular kind of fabric emerged around three centuries prior, between the Italian city of Genoa and the french city of Nîmes. (Edit: dates, I didn't remember the date of the patent correctly)

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    The blues.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Peanut butter

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll give them this one because the title says 'America' and not 'the US'. Peanut butter can traced back as far as the the Aztec.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Coca-Cola

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be even more popular if it included BOTH of the ingredients it is named after!

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Hamburgers, with pickles mustard etc. It’s a strange combo. Delicious but I doubt the entire world would have that as a common item

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was extremely common in Europe before the Americas were even discovered. When the colonists travelled to the new world, it was those people gabbing a snack at the port of Hamburg that carried the idea over the pond. I would argue that America made the cheap, poorly made hamburger popular, but not the hamburger.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Superheroes and their movies.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about anime? Has that been around longer than the American comics, or is that genre not considered a superhero like medium? *Edit to add - my question here is not about anime being first, but that if it was already popular internationally then the US didn’t necessarily contribute something unique? I’m not versed enough in anime or manga to say if there is any kind of superhero similarities.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Disneyland and Disney.
    It’s not surprising they’ve been able to expand out to other countries. There’s all the magic, happiness, and whatnot that comes with it.

    That, and they are using “It’s a Small World” to hypnotize us all.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disneyland in the USA opened in 1955. Disneyland Paris opened in 1992.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Google

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    The word "OK"

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Hip hop.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hip hop is art, and just like any other form of art, it’s subjective. You don’t have to like it or understand it, but you will shake your a*s when Rump Shaker comes on I don’t give a f*** who you are 😂

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Spam in northeast-asia, especially South Korea

    American soldiers ate it during the Korea war and it gained popularity to the point that it's a common food for both Koreans, Japanese, and some Chinese cultures such as Shanghainese

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Christmas lights strung outside of the houses!

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you'll find that was actually Germany. From there it spread throughout Europe, then moved westward to the Americas.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer The Kardashians. Yes. The world hates you

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Propane and propane accessories.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Fender guitars

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Using inch to measure TV size.

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    Grunge Music

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    Hating the U.S.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We don't "hate" you. We just like to bring you back down à notch or two when your superiority complex goes overboard. 😇

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer McDonald’s

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    Snowboarding and skateboarding

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Halloween.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Hollywood

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not like there weren't other towns and cities names Hollywood before. OP is most likely refering to movie industry based in town called Hollywood, California.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Proms... in other countries some schools host proms just because they see it on TV.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, other countries have "Debutante" dances at a similar age. The name has perhaps changed, and more decorations maybe, but the event was there.

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    Crocs

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I question your understanding of the word "popular". Maybe "tolerated".

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Black Friday. It’s a worldwide thing now even though only the US has TG the day before.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. Didn't work in physical shops. Only online. (In Belgium anyway)

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    Marvel Comics

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These 53 BP Posts = "POPULAR". ... Not, 'x' also exists, or, "it wasn't first".

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer The Irish. Since we emigrated in the 1800s, all of the big American celebrities say “I’ve got Irish roots” and it’s attracted attention to that little Green island that isn’t part of England. Particularly the west coast of Ireland.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the Irish hated it when Americans claim to be Irish?

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    The internet, preceided by the ARPANET, which was funded by the U.S. Department of Defenses.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, the 7 main servers that control The internet are located in the good old USA thanks to ARPANET. This is obviously due to the fact that one Telephone and Telegraph company held a monopoly over. The US, and it was easy for them to connect everything. They also owned Bell labs, the birthplace of UNIX and the C programming language.

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    Unix

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Granted. Very important. For those who do not know, the original that inspired Linux, which now is the system that runs most of internet and cloud.

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    Honestly? A lot of stuff. American culture has become so widely accepted and ingrained in the zeitgeist of other nations that many people no longer even identify American cultural paradigms as distinct from their own. Things like Jazz, Burgers, Hip Hop, Basketball and Rock & Roll can now be found the world over. Hell, even some things that didn't even originate in America are identified more with their American version than they are with their original format. When most people picture Halloween, they're thinking of the version of it that they've seen in American TV shows and movies. Most places you go in the world, if you mention pizza people are gonna think about the thick crust style that Italian Americans created in lower Manhattan, not the Neopolitan original served with a knife and fork. American culture is everywhere, and it has been for so long at this point that people often don't even see it anymore.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "... if you mention pizza people are gonna think about the thick crust style that Italian Americans created in lower Manhattan ..." No they're not.

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    NASA 🛰🔭🚀🪐⭐️

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Reddit. Americans make up ~50% of the user base.

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    JAAAZZZZZZ !!

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    Taking credit for other people's achievements :)

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't necessarily say so. People have been doing that for literal millennia.

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    A flag on the moon 😎

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Ranch dressing.

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    Being interested & incredibly proud of your heritage.(To the point of DNA testing and rumors.)

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    Madonna,Merilin Monroe and Elvis Presley

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Michael Jackson! Man I have seen posters of him in small mountain villages from India to South America.

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    Being delusional or ignorant about your country's achievements.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, this has always been a popular thing. You can read all sorts of outrageous boasting about cultural origins and achievements in the ancient literature of many different nations.

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    cars. sure they were invented in germany, but they were extremely expensive until assembly lines became a thing. if im wrong please, as always correct me

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes you are and you're not lol, self propeled vehicles where actually invented in France ( Steam Cars ), internal combustion engine vehicles those where indeed invented in Gemany, and yes, widout Ford's invention of the assembly line, Cars would be extremelly expencive.

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    Marshmallows.
    We only saw them in Hollywood movies or cartoons, tried em and didnt really like em. But they're now present in quite a few desserts.

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    Being interested & incredibly proud of your heritage.(To the point of DNA testing and rumors.)

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    Air Conditioning

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    Wolfman Jack on AFN.

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    Marshmallow fluff!! And fluffernutters! From my home state, MA!

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    Madonna,Merilin Monroe and Elvis Presley

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    MTV

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    Graduation ceremonys for children/teens who haven't gained a degree.... Rendering the actual graduate celebration somewhat not as special as it once used to be. Thanks.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's cute when little children 'graduate' from nursery to school, or from primary school to secondary school. It's purely for fun and an opportunity children and parents to take some nice photos and memories before the children leave. I don't think it takes away the specialness of an actual university graduation.

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    Celebrity culture

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    Being interested & incredibly proud of your heritage.(To the point of DNA testing and rumors.)

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    Marshmallow fluff!! And fluffernutters! From my home state, MA!

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    Tobacco.

    It came from the area now the US but before the original colonies were set up it was an occasional drug used by the tribes as it was not cultivated. When the colonies were set up it started to be grown commercially, the varieties became much more nicotine rich and addictive too. Then after independence of the US it became a major cash crop that the new country depended on. Without the US, it is plausible it would never have reach the level of global addition it got to in the 20th century, and still remains high in the 21st despite concerted efforts to reduce demand for health reasons.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They kinda say themselves that America DIDN'T make it popular, but the foreign invaders, slavers and traders did...

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    Cee-lawn-tro..........on EVERYTHING.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not even called that in the UK - we prefer coriander. Cilantro always sounds to me like a character from Don Quixote.

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    I scrolled for awhile without seeing it. Um.... fast food? Lol

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Streetfood is all over the world long before the US. Pompeii even has an outdoor wine/food stand from 2 millenia ago.

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    Fast food

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Competition BBQ.

    ....also weight loss products!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, I'd hardly call the competition BBQ a globally popular thing thing.

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    Reality TV shows.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God, where in the world is that popular? Its not even popular in the US lol...

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    Baseball.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No that's still very much seen as an American thing here in the UK. Or as Del boy called it 'silly boy rounders'.

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    English.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Baseball or American Football

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But lol, where in the world is that popular? Lol, yea Japan loves baseball, but thats because it became an American " colony " after WW2 lol, apart from that no One Cares about those 2 sports.

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    BBQ, the US, especially the south has made it this giant thing, when really if anyone had smoked meat for longs periods of time and called it something else, it’d be considered a “foreign food”

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smoking meat to preserve it has been around for hundreds (at least) of years. "BBQ" might be American, but smoked meat is not.

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Tik Tok is a Chinese app that became popular in the US and then spread through the rest of the world.

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    Cheese.

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    People caring about famous people daily life

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Incorrect. Celebrity culture existed for millenia. That's why we still know about Julius Caesar, Hannibal of Carthage, Alexander of Macedonia, Cleopatra, etc. etc. Not just history books per se. People have been fascinated with notable and outstanding characters since time began. They are called "heroes" in previous times and ended up in leadership positions. Their private shenaningans, like Cleo cheating on Julius with Mark Anthony, are well-known.

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    Japan.

    It's highly influenced by post war American reforms and culture so it would be wildly different without the US.

    An american poet, Ezra Pound, is responsible for how westerners translate Japanese which in turn affected the country proper. The literal translations are very dull he gave translations of japanese their current form.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't claim entire countries as being successful because of the US. Japan and Ireland already, any others?

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    A lot of important modern every-day technology including electricity, the internet, microwave ovens, the lightbulb (popularized and made practical for mass production by Americans although originally prototyped by others), TVs, and cars.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Delusional attempt to claim credit for other people's work.

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    Capitalism.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. It was created in the UK. The first stock market was set up in I think 1571 in the UK. America did not exist. Google "Adam Smith".

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Red solo cups.

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    Tipping culture

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    Someone Asks "What Wouldn’t Be Nearly As Popular If It Wasn't For The US?" And 30 People Answer Elite education and training. Top students from across the world flock to America's universities for education in engineering, finance, math, medicine, law, and everything else. The smartest (and often richest) high school students in other countries frequently will move to a different country to go to Harvard, Princeton, and even highly regarded public universities like University of Wisconsin or Michigan. But it's extremely rare for top students in the US to leave the country for education elsewhere.

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