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[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 26 points 7 months ago

Every easter, we go from door to door and beat girl's backs with a whip made of braided rods. They give us sweets and alcohol for exchange.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 8 points 7 months ago
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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Slartibartfast won an award for something that is literally right outside my bedroom window.

[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 17 points 7 months ago

If there's water to be manipulated in a way to either keep it out, or to make land appear where water once was, they are going to hire people from here.

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 10 points 7 months ago

Swamp Germany!

[-] tyler@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago
[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 6 points 7 months ago

Ding ding ding! Netherlands indeed.

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

We had the highest sheep:human ratio of any country. I think we still do, but I'm not sure.

[-] berryjam@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago
[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago
[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago

It's probably one of the best countries to live in but also comes with a big tradeoff in the form of a bad climate. People keep to themselves and avoid interacting with strangers. We're also known for being quiet, humble and honest.

[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There's a word coined in this town's specific dialect that means "catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal".

Hint: the first two syllables of that word are "anti", though the "t" is not a full fricative stop.

[-] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

This one is too tough for me!

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[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 9 points 7 months ago

Nice try fed won't get my location that easily

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[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago
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[-] gazter@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago

We lost a land war against birds.

[-] Panties@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago
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[-] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

We have two animals on our coat of arms neither of which can walk backwards.

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[-] ben_dover@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

we've been the cause of two world wars

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago

Despite New being in the name of it, the “old” place was named many years after.

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[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

We have a small desert with cactii in a region that has snow 6 months, extreme cold for 2 months of the year.

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[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

We have a 1/2 scale copy of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I can go regular skiing on snow and water skiing on the ocean in the same day.

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[-] Drusas@kbin.run 5 points 7 months ago

Small children are taught to be afraid of the devil, but not THE Devil (in the US).

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[-] sag@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago
[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago

That narrows it down to Earth

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

We don't call them steamed hams.

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[-] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

We have a local legend who plays bagpipes while riding a unicycle

[-] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
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[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

One of our sports teams shocked the world in 2016 by doing the impossible.

The team in question wasn't the Tigers.

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[-] flux@lemmyis.fun 5 points 7 months ago

We allow a marmot to predict our weather.

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[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

More navigable waterways than any other US state. (From there but no longer live there).

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[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Potpie is a soup, not a pie.

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[-] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm from an area where we have a specific night of the year called "Devil's night". Easily googlable, but it's interesting that I didn't realize that few other areas seem to call it that from what I can tell?

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[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I’ve got a few but I’ll go with:

The Guinness World Record Largest Open Sandwich; It was a barbecue pork bun (as of July 2010; dunno if the record still stands)

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago

When I lived there, it was the city with the most parkland per capita in the US.

[-] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 20 points 7 months ago

The US!

Nailed it.

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