D'oh well, might be true, you know, can never trust what I see on the internet, and I don't quite remember thos history classes that well.GazDM said:I thought British and then Mongolian was bigger (Wikipedia also supports this and says Russian is 3rd which makes sense). Fourth isn't bad though Spain, but you got nothing on us Brits when it comes to imperialism and oppression!sergnb said:The biggest Empire in the history of the world was the spanish empire.
Holy crap, I just mentioned that dude in another thread. Jack Churchill, and he was indeed English.SilentBobsThoughts said:Britain- We had a soldier in world war 2 who went into battle with a sword, bow and arrows and a shield. Correct me if I'm wrong, he may have been american but i dunno for definate
The platypus' sting is perfectly non-lethal, but is said to be the most painful experience a human being can have. There is no plural of the word platypus.Mr Thin said:No we're not, we're the 21st fattest country.Mcapplepie said:Apparently, Australia is the fattest country in the world.
... woo Australia.
OT: Australia is home to the only Monotremes in existence, which, if you didn't know, are basically mammals that lay eggs.
Edit: OK, Monotremes are actually in New Guinea too, so that invalidates that.
Uh... we have the worlds most poisonous snakes?
and the founding father's religious opinions would have no bearing on what the country is today anyway.artanis_neravar said:The majority of the founding fathers refused to describe their religion
The United States is not a Christian country as most of the founding fathers where deists
set to the tune of a drinking song!StellarViking said:Holy crap, I just mentioned that dude in another thread. Jack Churchill, and he was indeed English.SilentBobsThoughts said:Britain- We had a soldier in world war 2 who went into battle with a sword, bow and arrows and a shield. Correct me if I'm wrong, he may have been american but i dunno for definate
Also, another fact about America: Our national anthem was written by a man taken prisoner on an English warship.
Well tomorrow is Norway's national day (17th of May)...Reyalsfeihc said:In an effort to become more multicultural and end the non-existent amount of seething nationalism on the Escapist [/sarcasm], put forward your best ice breaker (or the most interesting fact to you) about your home country. Mine most definitely is the United States was a nation built on weed, without which the 13 colonies` economy would`ve collapsed.
nope im being dead serialgamezombieghgh said:You just managed to be offensive to two sexes, a nation, AND contradict yourself in one post, I suspect you are trollingS3Cs4uN 8 said:what a mistake that wasgamezombieghgh said:New Zealand was the first country to give women voting rights
then again the men cant vote a decent leader anyway.
(im live in new zealand)
Our unofficial anthem.Valdus said:Scotland: We have two flags rather than one.
St Andrews Cross - The blue background and white cross in front representing the cross St Andrew was crucified on. We also have the (now rarely used) Lion Rampant which depicts a red lion with a yellow background.
Second Fact: Our national anthem can be summed up as "Back off Edward Longshanks, you can't steal our country". It was created to inspire Scottish warriors trying to drive the english out of Scotland.