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From mid-September to mid-October of 2020, I tweeted a fact about every country in the world on my Twitter account, @FactBuffet.

Why did I do it? Well, partly due to COVID-related boredom but also a burning desire to spread positive information about the world during a time when people are so isolated from (and even disliking towards) other countries. It turns out that every country in the world has interesting and admirable tidbits.

Here are 50 of the facts I tweeted. Prepare to have your minds blown and to add a couple of items to your Bucket List.

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me
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, go Mongolia

Sargundeep Singh
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's impressive. It's good when people realize the worth of women is equal to that of men.

Couldnt_Find_A_Good_Name
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not to brag but... even in India, as soon as it regained independence, we had equal voting rights for men and women too.

K.Kobayashi
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This doesn't mean much though. The Constitution is only as good as the people who interpret and enforce it. Japan's Constitution also has a gender equality clause while UK doesn't even have a Constitution, but it's pretty clear which country has better gender equality.

YoChicken
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and people say US is the land of freedom...

AlphaPuck
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well the US did do that same thing 4 years prior to Mongolia...

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Sue Hazlewood
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In New Zealand woman got the vote in 1893, the first in the world

Dr Nostromo
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's wonderful! Did they have the right to vote before that? The U.S. gave women the right to vote in 1920. Granted, the U.S. Constitution should have done that in the first place but still...

FUKME
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and i hoped it was horses

panda_legerdemain
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So did my country.. even had maternity leave and equal pay

Miguel justino C
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mongolia’s rad! Look up the eagle girls hunting in those areas. Amazing brown and golden eagles

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    #2

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    Dave P
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well yeah, when you have experience you know how to do things better, look at South Korea and Taiwan, they had SARS years ago, so they knew how to deal with this one. Death Tolls leads to learning how to prevent it again. The issue is when you havent faced it before, how you deal with it, especially given different political, infrastructure, geography, etc from different countries that makes it hard to take the plans of one and replicate it in another.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it’s especially hard when you have a 🍊🍄💩 “leading” your country...

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    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US also devised a plan. Obama left the plan to Trump, who threw it out.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course he did. I’m surprised the racist retard didn’t “accidentally” burn down the White House because the Obamas had lived there.

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    Hazel Waring
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure every country has developed pandemic response strategies way before COVID. I know for certain the UK did, it's whether the government chooses to follow it or not & when that makes all the difference.

    Amarilis Schneider
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I am still laughing of Bolsonaro, and crying because I'm Brazilian.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an American, I sympathize deeply! 🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷🇺🇸🇧🇷

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    Marina
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why do people only learn the hard way?

    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many African nations did better than some of the more industrialized nations in their response. They often don't have the health care available that we do, so they prepare for prevention.

    Black Panther11
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Btw the guy who discovered ebola has discovered a disease called disease x let's get ready for P2 😯😯😯😱😱😂😂

    Amber Womack
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dr Fauchi, and the CDC knew how to fight the majority of the viruses out there. He did not know however how to fight this BRAND NEW virus that our cheeto choose to pretend wasn't happening until March 2020 🙄🤔

    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He knew... he just wasn't allowed to do his job.

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    Claire Kellerman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fake pandemics - designed by evil, teach us so MUCH...

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    Catlady6000
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, these extremely busy women are still expected to take on the full load of a stay at home wife and mother. Socially, husbands are expected to not help, looked down on if they do, and often, it is looked down on to hire servants. At least it was like this a few years ago. These women are powerhouses with the loads they are carrying.

    Martha Meyer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is due to the genocide and unfortunately it doesn't mean women are treated like equals in Rwanda.

    Nkotanyi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a Rwandan citizen and woman, I can assure you that its not because of the Genocide that we have more women in the parliament. It because of gender equality and we are treated as EQUALS everywhere.

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    Terry Reauxper
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, the direct reason for this is that during the conflict that Is mentioned in many other comments and other tribal genocides since then in Rwanda, men, boys and even male babies were slaughtered in greater numbers then women, and Rwanda is suffering from a dearth of men. While women were critical in ending the killing, they were the only adults left after years of mindless, senseless slaughter.

    Nkotanyi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FACT: Perpetrators killed more women and children in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis because they didn't want any more people giving birth to Tutsi babies or a child to live to tell a story about what happened. Secondly, they were actually defenseless.

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    Suluhu
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, they're doing great when it comes to gender equality. But that was kick-started by genocide...

    Hugh Cookson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good, at least women (mostly) tend to be more compassionate and (again, mostly), non tribal. This, for those who don't get that comment, is the country where two predominant tribes (Hutu and Tutsi), decided in 1994 for whatever reason (mostly extremist idiots) to have a small conflict. This cost 800000 (yup, nearly a million) mostly innocent people their lives - hacked and clubbed to death in about 100 days ..... Men were in charge and stoking the fires of this madness. It was the women of Rwanda who calmed the situation and finally brought reconcilliation. Maybe something could be learned from this by the powers that be in the USA ....

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Naaah... As an American, I can tell you that pitifully few Americans are even aware of how we’re seen in the world or care.

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    Ziva Kravdahl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, not yay. Yay only if they are good at work people, not because they are women...

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    mooo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think that there should be equal amounts of men and women in a government.

    あんぱんまん
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    huge salute to these women and the few husbands who help in housework while the women are busy

    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lily- you need to work on not injecting your stupid opinion when nobody asked for it.

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    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With women making up over 52% of the world's population, I'd say that's appropriate.

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    Eva Bryson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And who else would you do the tests on?

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    Susanne Carvin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure the mice appreciate the gesture and all, but they probably prefer just to not be used in a lab.

    Optimus Primal
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture looks like a lot of things. A mouse knitting DNA, Master Yoda turned into a mouse that has a DNA stick, and other things.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mouse knitting a string of DNA is so on point!

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    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can see it with winter clothes on this other BP thread about extreme cold in Russia.

    Phoenix
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw that picture covered in snow on another post about Russia Winter

    Anne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he gets a scarf in winter! I saw that on another BP page

    Mark Serbian, PK&RG,W
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is, I think, a statue somewhere in Russia dedicated to pretty much anything you can think of!

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have lots of room in the eastern portion of the country!

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    Kathy Smith
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It doesn’t help the mice much, does it?

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    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I NEED this soap. I will eat it if necessary. I am a mosquito magnet.

    Lxm
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.uganics.org Here's the webpage

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    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Climate change is allowing more mosquitos to survive in California. I hope they are marketing this soap.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if you live far enough up the northern coast (Mendocino County in my case).

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    Seabeast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where can I buy that soap?

    dev mehta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once knew a girl named Burkina Faso.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously? It is a rather lovely name, but it seems like it would be a burdensome one.

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    Jeff Christensen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of all world capitals, it is my opinion that that of Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) is the most fun to say.

    Judi Michelle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My heart. I miss living in this beautiful (albeit hot) amazing country.

    Robert Robi Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    May I please get the link where the soap can be bought

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The rest of the world should follow RIGHT NOW on the solar paneling and other renewable sources, or we're up that creek.

    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too need this soap... I didn't even make it across the parking lot at the everglades park and had to turn back. Looked like I had chicken pox and had a minor, thank all that is green and whole-y, anaphylactic shock episode requiring much Benadryl...

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    Jayne Kyra
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prague Astronomical Clock built in 1410. 3rd oldest clock in the world, and the oldest still operating clock.

    Nubis Knight
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The clock in Stralsund from 1394 is the oldest but not working I just found out. Those clocks are beautoful, thanks for the fact!

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    ML
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is one in Estonia which was built in 1684. The year is nothing special, but what makes it special, is that the numbers. The numbers are in Roman numerals and 4 is written IIII, not IV Clock_of_t...ce1ca7.jpg Clock_of_the_Church_of_the_Holy_Ghost_in_Tallinn-5ff326ece1ca7.jpg

    Pamela24
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The youtube channel called "Honest Guide" just recently posted a video called "The hardest clock in the world to read" which explains how to read it (shocking, I know). I've lived in Prague all my life (writing this comment being a couple hundred meters from the clock, actually) and I've never known how to read it. :) Highly recommend, if you're interested.

    Pantea
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lived in Prague for 10 years and never read that clock once :))

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    Aeon Flux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the figures on the sides.

    Roxy Eastland
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    World's oldest working clock is in Salisbury cathedral. The 'not assassins at all, just enthusiastic tourists' forgot to mention that. It's so old that it dates from before clock faces were thought up. If you ever get a chance to visit while a guide is there to explain it all, it's fascinating, and so clever.

    N G
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The worlds oldest surviving working clock is the faceless clock dating from 1386, or possibly earlier, at Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, UK. It was restored in 1956, having struck the hours for 498 years and ticked more than 500 million times.

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    Soph the Loaf
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to see that one day... it looks amazing!

    Iggy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go in winter. Very hard to get near it in high tourist season.

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    Zoe Tremain-Woodcock
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    such a beauty! i'd love to see that someday with my band if we ever end up touring there o are even allowed there

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    Toto's Servant
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The holes were already dug and they didn't water, but still hugely impressive!

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite fact about Bhutan is that instead of using GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as their country’s measure of success, they use GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness). Way to rock it Bhutan!

    Full Name
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    4 years ago

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    Slavery was only abolished there in 1958 and it's one of the world's poorest countries so yeah, they'll use any metric they can to make themselves look better. They're rocking it because they use a subjective measure? Great idea.

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    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But did they all live? Seems like if your focusing on quantity here, quality is going to suffer.

    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many trees did you plant? I'm sure more of their trees lived than of yours.

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    Martha Meyer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whenever I see news about mass planting of trees, i wonder how many of them made it. I've read that they often die because young trees actually do much better when planted in close proximity to older trees.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s really interesting. Do you remember where you read that?

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    Peter Ledoux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not possible. 496 trees in an hour?

    Anneke Werner
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thats 8 trees per minute and person ... holy cow

    Grace Noyes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    David Retsler, you can disagree with someone without resorting to name-calling.

    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are trying to preserve their country side.

    Nani Zweites
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's almost 500 trees per person in an hour. how is that possible?

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they can do it, more of us can, too.

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    Dave P
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Israel still uses a system where each party has a letter of the hebrew alphabet as their symbol, you take one card with the party you wants letter, put it in a envelope, seal it, and then place then you leave the privacy room and go to the room with the box where you put the envelope inside while a poll watcher sees. Was done because many of so many Jewish refugees from so many countries arriving in 1949 and just before, that they needed a way to make voting simple. They still use it.

    Marsha Brown
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when direct elections for mayors was instituted, the same system continued, but the little slip of paper with the letter became a different color -- yellow instead of unbleached i.e. off-white paper. So one puts two slips of paper in the envelop: one 'white' and one yellow.

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But if someone lost their marbles they would be yelling VOTER FRAUD!!!

    _
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Doge of old Venice was voted in with stones. Each person running was assigned a bowl and all eligible voters placed a stone in the bowl of the people the voter thought were qualified. Still one voter per person, but instead of the voter only having 1 vote, the voter can vote for however many people they like, but only once per candidate. Statistically, you get a better overview of who is really favored, and you don't have to vote for the least of all evils, like the 2 party system in the US.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our system would work better if the other parties (American Independent Party, Green Party, Peace and Freedom Party, to name the largest alternatives) had greater representation. One of the things that many Americans don’t know is that the Republican Party started off as the liberal party, and the conservative party was the Whigs. Eventually the Whigs disappeared, the Democrats came into existence, and the Republican party became the more conservative group.

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    pusheen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok but did anyone else notice he posted this at 3 in the morning?

    Eglė Bukauskaitė
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    4 years ago

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    DanieLegz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the wrong person wins does it mean everyone who voted for them lost their marbles?

    Eglė Bukauskaitė
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Marbles are too generic - anyone could easily drop a handful of those

    Vincent Jay
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a very good idea. That's what we need here in the U.S.

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    Daria B
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe shortest, but not the tightest. That honour belongs to Split with Pusti me da prođem Street. ♡

    elfin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scotland is also the only country in the world that has a mythical animal as its national animal: the unicorn.

    Red rockin lobster
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Calle Varisco in Venice and Vicolo San Bartolomeo in Andria. Shortest no, but quite tight. Been in both, a chubbier person couldn't pass thtough

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A very appropriate address, too.

    Lynn Dougherty Quin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ireland is not part of the UK. It's a self-governing republic. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, though.

    Lynn Dougherty Quin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, I was trying to reply to a reply about Ireland and the UK..

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    Elsker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then what's that building??

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    Carlota
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's in lovely Madrid!

    Thomas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right next to the San Miguel market! I miss Madrid :)

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    petersilie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i guess, since year 1170 in operation is the "wurstkuchl" in germany, regensburg (about 850 years old). its a tiny house, where i have to duck inside, just for ordering, eating outside close to the river danube. "Historische Wurstküche" Thundorferstraße 3, 93047 Regensburg https://goo.gl/maps/QAFgfXgaCVBHMvQYA

    Russell Ellwardt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly, that's the one. I am constantly hiding my chuckle if people from the New World tell us that something from the 1800's is "very old".

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    Saint Thomas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since Hemingway lived mostly during the 20th century, it's not that strange that he mentionned it... The restaurant was already pretty old at that point in time.

    Lance d'Boyle
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a noodle restaurant- Owariya- in Kyoto that has been open since before 1500.

    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big deal. SIftskeller in Salzburg, Austria opened in the early 800s. Not 1800, the 800s.

    Russell Ellwardt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, there is a restaurant in Regensburg, Germany that has been in operation for 850 years, so...

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess it would have been recognized if Hemingway had written about it...

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    Nadine
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are so many century-old businesses here! Where I live, we have a bakery that's been in business since 1827.

    Tamera Gardner
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s a tree in New Braunfels, Texas that was planted in the year 1700. There’s also a bakery there that opened during the Civil War. It might not seem impressive to people in some other states but for Texas it’s pretty old.

    Amanda Hunter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lets hope it survives the pandemic.

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    C.S. E.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they didn't think it important enough to state what it was for, it was the Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded jointly with Denis Mukwege for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict"

    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For what? Could that not have been included?

    Radek Suski
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ehm, that's not really so hard to believe

    Norart
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a low tolerance for alternate perspectives on BP.

    Leo H
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    Why is this impressive..isnt islam that religion that openly encourages women to excell

    Jumilicious
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, because that's how it works. Like when I encourage you to dig a hole and hide in it for the rest of your life, you're gonna do that.

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is quite inconvenient to find you don't have any cash on you when you're mountaineering.

    Troux
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It will all make sense when you climb another 1000 ft and get to the world's largest convenience store.

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    Aamna Shah
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. It's a magnificent place and I am proud to call it home (I mean not the ATM machine lol).

    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ironically, they have the lowest fees too.

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess this is for when you're on your way DOWN the mountain, unless, of course, there is a Walmart at the top.

    Meami
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's interesting that all the signage is in English.

    elfin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is the text in English?

    Aamna Shah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because Pakistan's official languages are both Urdu and English. There are dozens of regional languages though. It's not that hard to find out. Google exists. Also the rest of the world is not illiterate either.

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    me
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PARTY TIME! just not in the pandemic

    Marina
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i can't wait for this post to revive three years from now and scroll this post again, see your comment and be happy that it's over

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being one of the smallest countries in the world makes that a piece of cake, so to speak.

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone of the 38,000 inhabitants of the country, that is. Still requires a big castle though.

    Anna roberts
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or at least on the street to the castle

    Robert Robi Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the picture you see all the inhabitants of the country. It is one of the smallest countries in the world.

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one got dressed up, either.

    Claire Kellerman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF, I got a warning, "Your posting comments too quickly. Slow down!" Is that a thing? How strange!!!!!

    Milord Cutter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The entire population shows up ... both of them.

    Martha Meyer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, there are only like two dozen people in Luxembourg to begin with!

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    Julie Daly
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Sofia Bulgaria, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics, Muslims and Jews can all pray in their respective places of worship just across the street from one another.

    Laura Osborne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to Singapore a few years ago and in one street there was a Buddhist Temple, Catholic Church, Hindi Temple and 2 other religious houses that I can't remember, all beautifully decorated and nobody cared which one you worshipped in (or just visited to be nosey as I did!) Why can't more countries - and people specifically - be as tolerant? Shame.

    Dave P
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you have this is many places around the world. There are no less than 14 such examples in NYC alone, and at least 20 in Israel, not to mention in several other places. This isnt a big deal, where I live you have a synogue with a Hebrew Day School across the street from a Mosque with an Islamic School.

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Orinigally, the great mosque of Damascus was open to all three religions, Muslims, Christians and Jews. To make this possible again all around the world would be a fine goal for the years to come.

    Margaret Mayhugh
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My synagogue in Omaha, Nebraska literally shares a campus with a mosque and a church. We have one plot of land, individual buildings connected by a walkway (and frequent events where members of each house of worship will get together ie on holidays), and a common building is currently under construction as well. I'm glad that this isn't actually so unique. We all have so much more in common than anything that separates us.

    Aamna Shah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even in my city, there is a mosque and gurduwara almost side by side. In fact, recently in a vlog, they paid tribute to a Muslim man from my place who was taking care of a church for decades. He maintained the dignity of the place as well as its maintenance. It was beautiful to watch.

    Cigdem Kanburoğlu
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Turkey, it is very common, as in Istanbul, Mardin...You can see a mosque, a synagogue and a church in just one photo frame.

    Kimlan Lau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Trinidad & Tobago there are Churches, Mosques & Temples(Hindu) & Bars all in the same community. Sometimes just across or down the street from each other.

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    mph seti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the world would be a better place if more politicians were scientists instead of lawyers...Or reality TV "stars"...

    Nubis Knight
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Merkel is a scientist and did a good job during Corona. If only the prime Ministers had followed her advice... :-/

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    Susan Bosse
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first glance, I thought he was on a stage performing and was expecting to read he is a rapper. 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

    Cat
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kind of Prime Minister!

    panda_legerdemain
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My country had one of the world’s leading economist as prime minister. He has saved my country from global crisis twice with huge economic reforms.

    Red
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom and dad are from there!

    Anai Patel
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dear god.. trust me this did not make things better (not that the other side is any good either).. also, he is not a volcano anything.. he is a geologist....

    Kimlan Lau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dr. Keith Rowley is his name. Trinidad & Tobago, yay! Where my people??!! Only West Indians will understand....

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Growing up my favorite food was strawberries, but at some point in my adult life raspberries snuck up to number one. Truth be told, I’m keen on most fruits.

    Bored Little Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whenever my mom wod bring home strawberries I would eat them all, love strawberries sooo much!

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    mande.be
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plums and Apples, come in second & Third place, also!

    Tee Witt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They grow like weeds in Scotland, I lived there for 14 years that is how I know.

    J
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They look so nice.

    dev mehta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Way to go Serbia...keep up the good work

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    Beeologist
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds weird when you say it like that though... sounds like 4 halfs = 2 Earths... 😅

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    Thomas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Today I learned that Kiribati is a country :)

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Part of the Solomon Islands? [I’m trying to work from memory rather than break away to look it up, become distracted, forget what I was doing, fall asleep, wake up from a puddle of drool on my pillow, and find my iPad all out of juice when I finally wake up in the morning.]

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    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For those unable to comprehend the "four hemispheres" part. There are the Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern hemispheres. It's not rocket surgery.

    J
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never even heard of that, I love learning something new :)

    Rebecca Painter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And isn't on most world maps, just like the rest of Oceania

    Ronald Nye
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alaska is the northern, western, and eastern most state in USA.

    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There may be an international date line as an East/West division? Someone better educated than I could respond with an actual fact...

    Roxy Eastland
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For such a tiny country that is a mighty achievement

    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they come to Niue than ,they piss off once they get their citizenship

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    Jenni Joy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    in Canada everyone knows him.way more than politicians!

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good job, Canada (as is so often the case)!

    Mestre_atg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Marcos Pontes in Brazil also was the first (and only so far) Brazilian in space ans is now the Minister of Science and Technology

    elfin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, he has unique qualifications. In America we wish that some of our politicians had flown into space on a one-way ticket.

    Tee Witt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he go with the wealthy businessman?

    marcelo a
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    4 years ago

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    Víctor Alfonso García Olmo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Spain, we have Pedro Duque as Minister of Science, He is (was) an astronaut too

    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's cool but I would rather. have a bus or taxi driver.

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    Sander
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's their biggest export product and main source of income for most. Oh, and it's slowly dissolving into the sea...

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The country of Tuvalu looks like the nicest swimming pool ever!

    K.Kobayashi
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Similarly, .co is Colombia, and .ad is Andorra.

    Hetal Vyas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's also the first country that hits midnight

    Tadas Mockus
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with Federated States of Micronesia and their .fm

    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had read that somewhere else. They probably don't need too many domain names so this works out great.

    Black Panther11
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a good domain to download comics from

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    Lxm
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should be taught in all schools.

    Full Name
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely not. The hours you have to teach children are so limited. There are so many unbelievable important things children need to learn. Teach them about critical thinking (I mean the real thing, not what universities today are offering). Teach them life skills and about technology etc. Chess is absolutely great for the brain but so are many other things that are much more relevant to somebody's life.

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    HissyFitzz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love chess. I wish we learned at school. We did have a chess team though-

    Robert Robi Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teaching children patience, thinking and planning... wow

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, more fun than math, and probably similar brain parts are used.

    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just chess? What about other games. Why is this special? Magic: The Gathering? It's a very complicated game, people can turn professional, and it's never the same game twice.

    Lea S.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every county, state, district, teacher and principal is different. The three schools I knew best did not teach chess, and they still don't.

    Sharon Ingram
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids in the US used to at chess club.

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    Mike Ieva
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dėl Toro, Iñárritu and Cuaron

    Wubbleyew
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you. These names should really be included in the post

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    C. Mayo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprised at how multi-cultural this award has become. I love Del Toro's work (though Shape of Water isn't one of my favorites), and be on the lookout for a Kiwi on that list within the next year or two.

    Phoebe Bean
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alfonso Cuarón won in 2013 for Gravity and in 2018 for Roma. Alejandro González Iñárritu won in 2014 for Birdman and again in 2015 for The Revenant (by the way, he was nominated in 2006 for Babel but didn´t win). Guillermo del Toro was awarded the Oscar in 2017 for The Shape of the Water.

    Tanya Palik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stephen Spierbergo, Mexico's non union equivalent

    Zoe Tremain-Woodcock
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    congrats to all, especially del toro, his films are fantastic!

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    Jacqueline Kapiteijn
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We went to the butterfly garden. Our stop-over was too short to visit this :-(.

    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That has to be the most beautiful airport in the world. I have been to the ugliest already.

    Queen fhk
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my God, someone take me there!

    Christopher Chang Peng Yen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.google.com.sg/maps/@1.3593135,103.9886637,958m/data=!3m1!1e3

    Anne Purchase
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well worth seeing. Don’t forget to go to Raffles gin palace whilst you’re there.

    Hetal Vyas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also have mini jungles in Kuala Lumpur international airport

    That_WeirdBunBun!
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wait no misread it it says “is” sorry :)

    That_WeirdBunBun!
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Random question, why does it say “was” (not being rude, plz don’t downvote)

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    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give it time... (sigh.)

    Lis A
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't give it time, give it effort. We can save the planet's natural wonder if we all just try!

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    Ole Peder Amrud Hagen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Within city limits? With the number of capital cities in the world situated in the tropical zone, I find this hard to believe.

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    Gogubaci
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    living somewhere where winter skills are not just for sport totally helps :)

    wandile dludlu
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not fair... going to the shops in norway is a winter sport

    Full Name
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but Canada has the record for most gold ;-)

    Špela Leban Stanković
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they are mostly for speed skating where the same athletes compete in many lenghts and are able to get more medals

    Jane W.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those Norwegians know how to tough it out in the cold, so everything else is probably easy by comparison.

    N S
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It should be noted that Norway is well known to have fairly lax laws on Therapeutic Use Exemptions for certain steroidal drugs usually used to treat ailments such as asthma, meaning that a lot of their athletes claim to suffer from asthma, allegedly to gain potential advantage over other nations that have stricter rules governing TUEs.

    N S
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12621710_Asthma_and_wheezing_among_Norwegian_elite_athletes

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    Trond Hermansen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Population of Canada: 38.000.000 Population of Norway: 5.000.000

    Grumble O'Pug
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you guys live in winter, not surprising! :)

    Noel Benavente
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to live in Norway :'(

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched a documentary on this a long time ago. It was built in a really windy place, Dubai I believe. The building is shaped to help guide wind towards the turbines. And the bridges are designed to expand and contract since the two buildings will shake and shift a little differently than one another in high winds.

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    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is such unique architecture.

    Zoe Hoesley
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The birds tho =(, don’t walk below that bridge

    Maciej Zajaczkowski
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These turbines rarely spin though and i suspect they might need electricity to function, not vice versa

    n i k o
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually really interesting! Although you would have to wonder about the logistics of that, for instance, how would you clean it? Anyhow, that's very creative architecture!

    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hey look its the carbon exchange from simcity societies

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    Seems stupid and hard to clean or maintence

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    로희
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet this is better than The Apprentice.

    Cat
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would watch the hell out of this!

    Pantea
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes I can imagine that very well. Poetry is a big part of the culture in the Middle East. In Iran we have a popular party game where somebody recites a double verse and the next person has to recite a double verse that begins with the last letter of the previous one. The real fun begins when you run out of proper poetry and have to improvise :)

    Vicky Zar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats way more sophisticated then what "the western world" got to offer.

    Queen fhk
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I watched that alot when we had our Nile sat

    Susan L. Miller
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literacy and Poetry are so important for civilizations to flourish!

    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is commendable. As a woman I will say they have a little more work to do on other fronts, but that is quality TV right there...

    Tequila4Two
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poets is also a Dutch word meaning prank.

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here, am I sitting in my tin coin, Far above the world, Planet Earth is blue.

    Micah64
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they put one in that roadster in space?

    Lxm
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Catmonster2018 listen to Ground control to major tom.

    Jaci Harness
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the best news ever! I want one.

    elfin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was the perfect tribute. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL2HBU-hWqdTRZvq_KsiTDZldrFBVLsjBD&v=KaOC9danxNo

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    Theoretical Empiricist
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It may be overreacting to say "That alone warrants their doom", but still...

    elfin
    Community Member
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not until after we get Twitter. The last four years have been Twitter-Hell.

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    Dónal Ó Murchadha
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The guy who invented it now runs an institute which is centred around avoiding technology taking over the human race and destroying us, like Terminator. He receives donations from Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos et al. every year. They all take it really seriously, which is really troubling!

    Eva Muller
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well.. a Dane and a Swede created it to begin with :)

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian are the world’s smallest language group.

    Bacony Cakes
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what about those nonsense languages that identical twins speak

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    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why aren't kids in the United States encouraged to go into software development? We haven't had a US-born developer apply in something like 4-5 years where I work. Then kids complain they can't find work with their degree in the History of Poetry by Icelandic Minorities from the 1st Century.

    B Jones
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they would go into a ton of debt to get the education only for a company to ask why should they be hired instead of outsourcing to another country for one tenth the cost. Sure there are downsides to it but just think of the cost savings...

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    Hiie Posti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But Sweden did as much work (or even more)

    Roxy Eastland
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Estonia is a lesson in how to get a whole country connected quickly and efficiently. Everyone in Estonia has access to the internet

    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Estonia is a nice country with nice people.

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    Orillion
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was called the Tree of Ténéré. In 1973 it was hit by a drunk truck driver. Goes to prove that you will ALWAYS find something to hit when driving drunk.

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Drunk drivers are drawn to things, which is why if you have to pull off the road for a flat tire (which happened to my brother when he was driving me home to San Francisco on his way home a couple of counties north), it’s best to get out of your vehicle while waiting for the tow truck. They used to tell you to wait in the car, but now they tell you to wait away from the car.

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    Kusotare
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Informally, the tree is known as "Jim".

    DaVo
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then someone ran it over with their car. No joke.

    Jeff Christensen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was replaced by a metal sculpture because it was an important landmark for, among other things, the Paris-Dakar Rally when it actually went from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal.

    CharliAnn Olney
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The current "loneliest tree" is in New Zealand. Hopefully, no drunk driver will hit IT!

    Jaci Harness
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know this tree. It's in a lot of movies with desert scenes.

    Mireia Dos
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are the whitish things around the tree animal carcasses? 😥

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    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an interesting approach to rehabilitation!

    David Retsler
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, our rappers go to prison instead of prisoners becoming rappers.

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    Miłka Chromińska
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's awesome 😊 Hopefully the inmates that participated in making the songs will go onto have successful music careers in the future!

    Noel Benavente
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teaching inmates something while they are serving time is one of the thing i would promote the most if i was president.

    Shelley DuVal
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Music soothes the savage breast - William Congreve

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    Aragorn II Elessar
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How deep? I’m too lazy to look it up

    Zoe Tremain-Woodcock
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'd like to swim there, but of course with extra caution

    BlackLabOwner
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh yeah and isn't it for (scuba)diving practice?

    Edie Hart
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With a depth of over 45 meters (around 148 feet) Deepspot is claimed to be the world's deepest swimming pool, containing 8,000 cubic meters of water -- more than 20 times the amount as a 25-meter pool.

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    Toto's Servant
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want his handbag :)

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a pretty heavy currency stone on the picture. Not very practical.

    Jon S.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The idea was in order to have your stone you needed favours from a lot of friends and family to help you carve it, transport it from one island to another then set it in place, and doing this was akin to announcing "I have lots of resources/wealth". You never actually moved the stone once it was set up, the history and ownership of the stones was part of the oral tradition of the island. Interestingly enough, there was a big problem with inflation at one point and the size of the stones got ridiculous.

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    K.Kobayashi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting thing about those stone currencies is, they don't need to be moved when they change hands. Everyone knows and accepts who the owner of each one is.

    Floy Height
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have two carved teak wood pictures of the Yap stones and warring islanders brought back from Saipan in the 50’s.

    s. vitkovitsky
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want that stone, cos if it's currency, it must be worth a bundle!

    Robert Robi Z
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, so in the picture you can see the country's richest man. Or, rich people can get stoned.

    Susan L. Miller
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you make change for a boulder.....in pebbles??

    Jane W.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That stone must be worth a lot of .....what?

    Soozie Poozie
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That guy looks like a smaller version of Andre the Giant!

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    Lxm
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not religious but liking the coin

    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If people want to believe it's holy then let them! We all need something that gives us hope and something to believe in.

    n i k o
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it a collectible? What I mean is, how many did they produce? Not a religious person but it is definitely an interesting coin.

    Linda Robinett
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A number of small countries issue coins to the collectors market. I remember a tiny gold coin with Nixon on it from years ago.

    Meggie Li
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for some reason, when I first saw this, I thought she was Hestia from greek mythology

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    Kendra Miller
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering that Peru is the one to give us this gem of stews, I heartily agree they should study their 2000-4000 heirloom varieties.

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m particularly fond of the purple potatoes

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    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's good to know at least some countries actually focus on important things. The world would be sad and hungry without potatoes.

    K.Kobayashi
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope they pronounce it "chip."

    Sarah Mezei
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a Potato Museum in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

    Michal SABO
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rhis center has great potatential!

    Michal SABO
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This center has a great potatential

    BabaBizzle
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They show it on the Zac Efron Netflix documentary show. It’s really interesting.

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    n i k o
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    New Zealand also has what is known as the "queerest parliament in the world"! :D

    Juliet Ware
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't get this and I live in New Zealand??

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    Marsha Brown
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much else that New Zealand has going for it, this fact is a fairly lame one; the New Zealanders had nothing to do with it. How about the way they outlawed guns in one go. Only Prime Minister to nurse her newborn in Parliament, IIRC. So much more.

    Flisey
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We haven't outlawed guns, just anything semi-automatic, pump-action shotguns and anything with a large-capacity magazine. We have a licencing policy which has also been tightened. This was in response to the act of terrorism against two Mosques where 51 people died. Our prime minister refused to say his name so most of our news followed. Unless we actively looked for his name we don't know it. No one in my family does.

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    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    low pay, homeless, violence ,drugs never stops (prime minister Jacinda is fighting for change)

    Marnie
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which one is the ACTUAL first? Sheesh.

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    Sasha Twin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Theres over a hundred waterfalls in my hometown. Hamilton, ON

    Iam Robin
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from srilanka and the hill country area is filled with hundreds of waterfalls and rivers and the climate is really nice too <3

    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to. Great song.

    SoulSurfer
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sri Lanka I'm coming for you when covid is history 🕉️❤️

    Iam Robin
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ayee I'm from Sri Lanka and I can assure you that you'll love it here. Don't forget to check the northern parts of srilanka too cuz it's where I am from 😅 But seriously you'll love it here ❤️

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    SoulSurfer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sri Lanka I'm coming for you when covid is history 🕉️❤️

    Harløw-Banditø
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. I’ve only ever seen a few waterfalls in my lifetime. For a place that’s full of fountains and rivers we sure are lacking in waterfalls

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And what place is that? I’m going to guess Norway...

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    Tami
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mt. Rainier National park has over 150 waterfalls.

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    me
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn that is looooong

    Downunderdude
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dear Mr Factbuffet. You are frustrating me no end by not including details - eg how long?

    Saleh J
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bridge was built to connect land across the bay, shortening the travel distance from Kuwait City to northern parts by 45 KM providing easy access for future cities in the north it cost 3 billion US$

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's officially called the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway

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    Evil Little Thing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our Causeway Bridge here in New Orleans is longer. It over 38 km (23.83 miles), and spans Lake Pontchartrain, which you shouldn't swim in because it contains both sharks and gators.

    Radek Suski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How it is interesting?. The longest one is in China. It's like saying Las Vegas has one of the biggest Eiffel towers in the world

    David Retsler
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What happens if your car breaks down in the middle of it?

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like there are three traffic lanes and a full-width shoulder on the right for both sides of the bridge.

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    Bobert Robertson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "dad I need to go the the bathroom!" "I know some, but Kuwait? I can't stop here"

    BlackLabOwner
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    3rd longest i think is is LA. State USA

    Jane W.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Working up to one across the Atlantic?

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes sense in a country where income from witchcraft, sorcery and fortune telling is taxed. Fun fact: Fortune tellers didn't see it coming back in 2011.

    F. H.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that might be taxed in many countries if you have a regular income from it.

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    Viviane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It used to be Nicolae Ceaușescu's palace. He destroyed parts of Bucharest's old town to make way for this humble abode to house the egos of a family of four.

    Carol Emerson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was built by Ceaucescu. The cost (among other things) was one of the reasons why he was deposed.

    judy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a romanian, i'm kind of sad that this is what puts us on this list. There are so many fascinating and beautiful things about this country, and we keep glorifying this communist monstrosity *sigh*

    Viviane
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would put the architecture (all kinds) and hiking on my wish list for a trip to Romania.

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    Samuel Chen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This can actually be seen by satellite:)

    Mircea T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Second larger (after the Pentagon), but most heaviest and most expensive (estimated around 3 bilion euros) building on the planet. We hate this building for what it mean, but it's too costly to be demolished.

    Chewie Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the second largest office building in the world (after The Pentagon), but it is the heaviest building in the world because of all the marble that is in it.

    Chewie Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Pentagon is the largest office building, this is the second.

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    A.J Milne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I was rich, I would buy that building and have a lot of animals to live with.

    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think of all the people it could house..

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they ever move back to Barbuda?

    Ragnhild Nilsen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Wikipedia 75% had moved back by early 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbuda#Hurricane_Irma

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    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that one cloud still didn't move.

    Lou Herout
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Changed color? That's an odd statement

    Sarah Luna
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, god...I'm ashamed I didn't know this. We were there in December of 2016.

    Marina
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just realised I dont want to live on a pretty island anymore xD

    David Retsler
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "changed color"?? You can take an image 3 hours apart and it would "change color."

    Marnie
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    4 years ago

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    Yes, but did Trump throw paper towels at them? If so, then they should have nothing to complain about.

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She wasn’t princess at the time she won it though

    E Menendez
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And she had to give up her career to become a princess. Such a shame.

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    Martha Meyer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She had to give up acting to marry the guy!

    Mike Crow
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She chose to give up acting to be with him.

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    Elsker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe Meghan will make sure Grace Kelly doesn't stay the only Princess oscar Winner

    Anna roberts
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meghan is not nor will she ever be a princess

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    Saint Thomas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stéphanie de Monaco (her daughter) also had a big hit in France (and other french speaking countries) with the song "Comme un ouragan" (Like a hurricane), in 1986. It sold 1 million copies, and stayed on the number 1 spot of the french hit-parade for 10 weeks.

    David Retsler
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many countries 1) have princesses and 2) have princesses that act in Hollywood?

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    Azure Adams
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turkmenistan"s president is a president for life and loves weird architecture. He is also brutally immature and paranoid

    Lxm
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was this the natural gas leak that was set alight to burn it out?

    Chewie Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, by Soviet engineers as this was in the old USSR at the time. It's known locally as the Gate to Hell

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    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, it's the popular entrance to hell!

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I rather thought there’d be a red dude with a pitchfork...my bad

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    Katchen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

    Kizito
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anybody ever heard of Centralia?

    Kiss Army
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IT's very close to my dad's hometown.

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    Zoe Tremain-Woodcock
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i feel kinda bad for thinking it's funny, but hearing that it rove in doughnuts made me chuckle a bit

    BlackLabOwner
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh yeah saw a documentary about it it is really cool actually

    Claire Kellerman
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Graham crackers, chocolate + marshmallows on super long sticks would get my vote!

    Bobert Robertson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It also imports a ton of marble to make buildings that are more or less vacant, and is one of the hardest countries to get into. It's like a giant movie set where everything looks amazing but you can't tell if it's real or not...

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    Susanne Carvin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had no idea! Not a great movie, but the set was cool! I wanna go there!

    Thomas
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My gf was part of an episode of a reality TV show filmed there. What is sad is that they took one of the nice beaches in Malta and it was never made accessible afterwards. Also they do not have a license for Popeye anymore so they avoid to name things as much as they can. (I lived in Malta for 7 years)

    SoulSurfer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can still access the swimming spot from the pier that's on the left side of the bay. And here's so many beautiful beaches... Slugs Bay, Tuffieha etc.

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    Noel Benavente
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is actually called "Popeye Village", how cool is that!

    Tee Witt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Robin Williams did so much, sad

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    4 years ago

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    Orillion
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, yes. That wonderful combination of drinking and driving...

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Sir, get back in your car... Sir!!"

    Radek Suski
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All wine screwed because of engine exhaust

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    Péter Rózsahegyi
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guys, that's not a graveyard. They are not even ships. These are boats of fishermen of Nouadhibou, Mauritania. boats-5ff3...beb6c6.jpg boats-5ff3906beb6c6.jpg

    Doris Bennett
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a huge environmental hazard ... leaking oil and rusting metal. I agree they should be recycled.

    Saulius V
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ir is not a ships its a boats https://www.google.lt/maps/place/20%C2%B054'47.6%22N+17%C2%B002'22.4%22W/@20.9132101,-17.0404822,629m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0xe80b8c314b3394f:0x83220bebd6be534e!2sMauritanija!3b1!8m2!3d21.00789!4d-10.940835!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d20.9132075!4d-17.0395624

    Grumble O'Pug
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am surprised they don't sell them to China. China has been practicing piracy on sunken battle ships from WW2.

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    Flopsy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Latvia has huge sandy beaches that make it the perfect summer holiday destination.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago (edited)

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    My American high school had a German language teacher who was from Latvia and a French teacher from Argentina. Can you tell it wasn’t in a rich part of town?

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    Pantea
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you couldn't find one picture of one river there?!

    ML
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But Latvia does not have any islands. Estonia has 2222 islands.

    Jamie S. Martindale
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved living in Latvia for 3 years -- charming nation

    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Philippines has an island in an island in an island.

    Bobert Robertson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The province of Ontario (Canada) has over 250,000 lakes

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    F. H.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's also a dictatorship with a secret police known from sending death squads after refugees, pursuing them as far as Europe.

    François Carré
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, one of the worst dictatorship in the world currently. To allow a few guys to compete in the Tour de France sounds like a very cheap way of redeeming their reputation.

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    F. H.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Museums insinde of fortresses are kind of common. I can't think of a country I visited were there isn't at least one I've heard about.

    David Retsler
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scotland has otters on their bank notes.

    Susan L. Miller
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the butterfly idea- native species I assume.

    Claire Kellerman
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes, please; butterflies on currency.

    Ole Peder Amrud Hagen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A museum in a fortress...? What a special thing.

    Linda Robinett
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edenburgh Scotland has a museum in its fortress.

    Bacony Cakes
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Felixstowe also has a fortress museum.

    Patty Leaton
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    rule by portages ,Europe ,African slaves , runaways descendant's of Angolans

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    Piet Puk
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh.. the Dawn of Man sequence was filmed on a sound stage in England.

    Toto's Servant
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the still background shots were in Namibia

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    Deborah Hall
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also home to German concentration camps...

    Michael Violette
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does the metal piece look like the Monument they found in Utah?? Coincidence or what????????

    Sue Knerl
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is wrong with those cheetahs? That is one of the skinniest cubs I've ever seen.

    TJ Palmer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is wrong. Mad Max Fury Road was filmed there though.

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    Zoe Tremain-Woodcock
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    now i gotta add this next to meet a celeb, and visit japan

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    Emalee Jarrett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i’m getting spirited away bath house vibes

    ojjunior
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Set for that James Bond movie?

    Meggie Li
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    reminds me of the ship in spirited away

    Josh Tall
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    like the barge in Spirited Away!

    RavenClaw
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of that restaurant boat in the anime one piece

    Queen fhk
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am already thinking about it

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    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, and she skipped out a month later....

    François Carré
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    5 months later actually, but still. Her victory came as a surprise and after she'd done the job of kicking the old and disastrous former mayor out off office, her "allies" (aka the local members of the left wing party, as bad and corrupted as the local right wing, since it is all Mafia Land there) seemingly put the pressure on her until she gave up for "personal health reasons". A real shame.

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    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can't beat prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern

    Lola DM
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That office was frozen in time for the previous 25 years...

    Robert Catte
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do some comments say "This comment is hidden, click here to view?"

    BananaAnna
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find it oddly amusing that FactBuffet spent so much time hunting this trivia. Another oddity is how many people came along with negative trivia to add. Most of "Buffets" writing was interesting and unknown to me. I love folks like Buffet

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    San Jose, California, had its first woman mayor back in 1975.

    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amsterdam has the first female mayor since 2018.

    François Carré
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, since 2014 Paris' mayor is a woman, and she just started her 2d mandate last year. It has to be noticed that France's capital city can do that while the whole country, until now, has remained utterly incapable of supporting a female leader. Prior to her, from 2001 to 2014, Paris had a gay mayor who also had been reelected.

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    Logic and Reason
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely there’s a more interesting fact about Tonga than their time zone, right?

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It has 169 islands, only 36 of which are occupied; 70% of its occupants live on the main island, Tongatapu. Better?

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    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago

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    Kiribati: PATHETIC.

    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kiribati is located 14 hours ahead of GMT, which means it enters the new year first.

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    Toto's Servant
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The culture, society, and population goes back 60,000 years, so definitely NOT young!

    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original culture, society and population is nearly eradicated by the people who were banned to Australia as a punishment for their crimes.

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    Marsha Brown
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That change was made to acknowledge the aboriginals, as part of their 'one' nation.

    LOttawa
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lyrics of the Canadian national anthem were also changed in 2018 to make it gender neutral.

    Debra Trayler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love it, great idea, well accepted. Aussies Rock ;)

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    Susanne Carvin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a complicated/ fascinating story - the jester's name was Jesse Bogdonoff and he was accused of mismanaging millions of dollars worth of Tonga's money.

    Azure Adams
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What was a jester doing with any money or control of any money. I'd blame the president for letting the jester near anything financial other than his own personal finances.

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    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in the USA, our president (for 16 more days!) is his own clown.

    IlovemydogShilo
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The king looks like he just tried to fart but way more came out.

    Patty Leaton
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well his son is so pompous he look down on his people & acts like he's not Tongan

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    Aragorn II Elessar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, helps the building deflect high winds iirc.

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶 My analyst told me... I was right out of my head... The way he described it... I'd be better off dead...🎶

    elfin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish we would build exciting buildings in the U.S. nowadays. We seem to be lagging.

    Karin Gibson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So is the Twisted Torso I’m Malmö

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You’re Malmö? I’m guessing your *from* Malmö. My grandmother’s people were from there...they’re the reason I have blonde hair (less blonde now than I was as a teen; as a child it was just a colorless white).

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    misteriosa
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't find it special, rather unattractive actually, because when you have a foggy city between mountains, towers like this become an eyesore. For Bosnia fact I'd rather pick the guy who is trying to prove that we have ancient pyramids near Visoko, other facts I can pick are more on the bizarre, strange and idiotic side. 😄

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    Russell Ellwardt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You forgot to mention that his name is Hubertus von Hohenlohe and that he is a nobleman deriving from a German principal dynasty.

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was also the only athlete representing Mexico at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

    Eder Corona
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he is a bourgeois, he is not a dedicated athlete. Sorry, not sorry.

    Carolina Fernández González
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Colombia had one athlete in Vancouver 2010. She wasn't Colombian as far as I remember she was American, we also had four athletes in pyongyang 2018. We don't have snow 😊😊 so it was a big surprise and pride for us. 🇨🇴

    Phoebe Bean
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hubertus_of_Hohenlohe-Langenburg

    David Retsler
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    4 years ago

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    Because anyone else who could swim, run, or jump made it to the USA

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bananas are good for scale.

    Claire Kellerman
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tourists insist on this "look" for the bananas they buy in HAWAII!, so the delicious, smaller, occasionally brown-spotted, local bananas are denied popularity for these imports, shipped, wastefully, all the way to Hawaii...how sad and crazy are we humans - when out of touch with our true nature. We are Nature.

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    Donna Leske
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not fair if you have an enormous head or big breasts. But still fun to cheer on everyone in line ahead of you.

    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be nice if people wouldn't get their panties in a twist over some innocent fun. No one is getting stigmatized and no one will develop an eating sisorder over this. It's harmless fun and it doesn't offend anyone. No one is forced to go through this gate. It would be nice if we'd stop searching for things to get offended by. Could we make this a 2021 goal? "Let's not get offended by silly things that a normal human being wouldn't even notice as offensive."

    Carrot dude
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, let me put it this way: Why should some people get a discount because they are thinner than others? Obviously, more fit people are going to usually be thinner, but some people (even fit people) are bigger because they have bad metabolisms or thyroid problems. Some people are thin with no work at all. It doesn't make sense that something that is out of many people's control gets rewarded. Also, I know you said no one is going to develop an eating disorder over this, but this is exactly the type of thing that would have triggered me. I relapsed many times because of stupid crap like this, mostly when people are rewarded or considered better because they weigh less.

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    Lord Mysticlaw
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok but do you get measured before or after you eat?

    Carrot dude
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't like this one... some people can gain weight for completely unrelated reasons than their health (some serious medical conditions force you to gain a lot of weight) and the whole concept of this is kind of gross.

    Ilia Nightwish
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, do we actually have that? I'm from myanmar but i've never seen it before. Maybe that's the promotional one time thing?

    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    discriminating ,make young people vulnerable to stay thin

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    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wining a medal for your country is a great achievement

    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago

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    who care about George of the jungle

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    Lil_Tae_29
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from Nigeria but i'm proud to see this =)

    Full Name
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just don't look into how they actually get it

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gold mining is an ongoing ecological disaster!

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    Joeshar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before 1957, it's name was Gold Coast

    Phil Coe
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why it used to be named the Gold Coast

    BiLal Asif
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    & yet one of the poorest country due to obvious reasons

    Andrew McFarlane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe that's why it was called the Gold Coast before it was renamed as Ghana...

    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not great for poverty villagers

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    Mimi M
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is not 'worth'. He is a human-being with intrinsic worth. He is 'paid'.

    M O'Connell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's not paid hundreds of millions of euros. His 'revenue generation potential' is hundreds of millions of euros.

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    s. vitkovitsky
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sporys stars are certainly well recompensed for their skills.

    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...or has accumulated... But I agree - every humans net worth is, well, Human.

    Víctor Alfonso García Olmo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His family were inmigrants and he came to Spain when a child

    Thenatural
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His name is Ansu and he plays for Barcelona

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    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    doesn't help with poverty ,violence ,rape ,drugs ect

    Evil Little Thing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean gazing at a ritual representation of a device used to torture people to death doesn't inspire people to kindness and charity? Weird.

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    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they also use it for scientific purposes? Like a radio telescope? No? Then perhaps housing and feeding the poor, the elderly, the widows and the orphans would be a better use of church funds.

    DC
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... all the nails and splinters from the real cross ... ....... yeah, the real one ....... put together would make an even larger one.

    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leviticus 26:1 ESV: “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the Lord your God.

    Aragorn II Elessar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The principle there is to avoid idolatry. The cross isn’t worshipped, it’s a symbol.

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    in 2016 a tv show host and clown was elected president of the US. He didn't have a sense of humor though.

    Susan Bosse
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in 2021 the clown will finally be packing up his props and backs of tricks and GOING HOME!!!!

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    Ashla Delana
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because he played the role of president on a tv show doesn't mean he should be president.

    Panda Fluff
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting, But the US still has the biggest joke as president

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But for only 16-1/2 more days...but who’s counting?

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    Peter Ledoux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like America these days.

    Dave P
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He also has a law degree

    K.Kobayashi
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 1980, an actor was elected President of the USA!

    Marsha Brown
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the tv show host and clown who became U.S. president tried to screw over the President and country of Ukraine, for the former's own re-election campaign.

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Among so many other things. Get those subpoenas ready Southern District of New York!

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    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    did they learn nothing by watching the shitshow here in the US? We do try to set examples... (ffs so glad it's almost over and there may be an early exit... )

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They probably know the devastating effects of a gamble addiction and don't want that for their own citizens.

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    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    then, the casinos shouldn't legally be allowed to be there.

    n i k o
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "LEGALLY" so there are other ways.. :) /joke

    Lord Mysticlaw
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So only foreigners are allowed to gamble in the casinos?

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    Dave P
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    green as a color in Islam means the Fatimad dynasty, which is why many Islamic countries use it. Symbolized a part of Islamic history

    n i k o
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is true, but it was changed to this by a dangerous dictator, Muammar Gaddafi (hence his book "Green Book"). He changed a lot of things, including the national pledge.

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    OnlyMyOpinion
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was at school, in Geography lesson we were told to pick a flag to draw. I chose this one.

    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They changed it after all of the racing accidents that were in the country.

    Jonathan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow so inspiring...

    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not much of a challenge to draw your country's flag.

    misteriosa
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't even know they changed it, I also remember it as the plain green one.

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    Bacony Cakes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, what part of this is Honduras? Can't tell.

    OpalTheRainwing <3
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    4 years ago

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    Covering up a Comment :)

    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see why that comment was so offensive. I think "most of" would be slightly preferrable myself, though definitely nowhere near enough to take the time to comment on it. It seems an innocuous comment that I would expect would simply remain at 0 votes.

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago

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    He could have just said “Most of...”

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    Bacony Cakes
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, what a surprise. Beer made in a country uses plants grown in that country.

    jk nbt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    rice is a big ingredient in all US lagers that are light blonde in color

    Wanna-be Vegetarian
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin's husband is Laotion and would always joke that he's feeling Laos-y

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    Troux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The flag of Kyrgyzstan shows the interior structure of a yurt over the sun...the view one would see if waking up inside a yurt. Unrelated, but similarly cool as a small selection of their culture to showcase.

    Luther von Wolfen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Commonwealth of Virginia has the only flag with a woman's bare breast.

    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    looks like a bell or a nuke ready to launch

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    mph seti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm genuinely surprised it's not in the US somewhere.

    M O'Connell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The tallest flagpole in the USA is the 10th tallest in the world (Sheboygan WI, 120 meters). The mind boggles.

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    Nicolas Pilot
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's an atmospheric electricity collector, disguised as a flag pole - most of them are

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So glad I don’t have to breathe that air. That’s what San Jose, CA, looked like before the Clean Air Act!

    Downunderdude
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sigh. Doing FactBuffet's work for him. It's 171 metres (561 feet).

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    Taylor Davis
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, Thailand has some way cooler stuff than this... Just sayin.

    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, like a huge sex market for pedophiles...

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    Linda Robinett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, I wonder if that is their airport in Bangkok, which would be one I have flown in and out of.

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    Peter Ledoux
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So now we know who to blame.

    M Kate McCulloch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    probably the dance didn't originate there. It the current parlance, I'd venture a guess that it was so-called cultural appropriation.

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    Its probably 3am
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know several people called Macarena

    Kathy Smith
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, no! Now I have that song going through my head!

    Mireia Dos
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but the name is more famously associated with a statuette of the Virgin Mary found in a church located in that neighbourhood. And many Andalusian girls are named Macarena, after the Virgin.

    Juan Arias
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's also a neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia and it has a very famous and nice open market

    Patty Leaton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    worse when they use it for xmas song

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    Downunderdude
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The current president didn't spend much time there, either.

    Christina Gude
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could step up....I was born there and BTW....it's hell when asked via computer questionnaire Place of birth? And you're given room to write the usual "City and State" and no matter how inventive I get (unless they've stepped up their game and actually have it on the list) I get rejected (that must be why I'm so screwed up!!!) every time. I put variations on a theme ---> Wash D.C. to District of Columbia to leaving it blank and then they "yell" at you that you haven't completed the form.....dang!!! I love to tease, however, with "I wasn't born in the United States"!!!! they usually take it literally and when I go on to explain they guffaw!!!

    n i k o
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Completely off-topic, but why aren't Puerto Ricans allowed to vote in U.S. elections? To add on to that, why aren't they a state? Just a question.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago

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    I wonder if that’s because DC residents don’t get to vote in national elections, only District ones.

    Arch Ratliff
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They just voted for Biden (3 electoral votes). I believe they've been able to vote in national elections since 1960s.

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    grey galah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for the Chinese tourists. Am i the only one who still thinks China has no right to invade and occupy Tibet?

    Isaac H.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since when has China cared about human rights?

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    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, boy. A country/region with an amusement park. Who would have ever thunk it?

    Patty Leaton
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    try to amuse the people that has no human rights

    Ole Peder Amrud Hagen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, why not? The presentation of these facts are so obviously the work of an ignorant American.

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    Dr Nostromo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't it be sorta tough to carry on a meeting underwater?

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Californian in me thinks anything underwater is a bad plan—how would they get out in an earthquake?

    #76

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    Peter Ledoux
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A recent survey find 100% of Elephants are against sport hunting.

    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago

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    Oops, wrong spot...

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    Nurânia Hussen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mozambique 🇲🇿 my home country. Unfortunately there is a lot of illegal poaching to sell the elephant teeth to the Asian Market(mostly China,)

    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since 2019 you can book a hunting trip to Botswana to kill elephants for the fun of it.

    Dave P
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually since the 1990's. And guess what? it is credited with Botswana having such a glut of elephants for years they needed to cull the population. The money from those hunts went into Elephant Breeding programs and anti-poaching forces. In fact Zambia and others have since copied it. THis is how they fund elephant preservation.

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    David Retsler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd think they'd have a dinosaur on there somewhere.

    M O'Connell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nearly all the oil comes from plankton which settled at the bottom of the ocean during the Mesozoic age, so the dinosaur wouldn't really be relevant.

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    Marnie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing to be proud of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Full Name
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is plastic in the device you are using right now. If oil in and of itself is bad, then stop being a hypocrite and put away your phone or computer.

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    David Butler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    English billion (1,000,000,000,000) or just an American billion (1,000,000,000)?