An Interesting Fact About Your Country

[willer357]

America was founded by terrorists who often destroyed government buildings and engaged in guerrilla warfare with British soldiers sent to contain the outbreak of rebels in the 13 colonies.

 

[Thumper17]

Canada invented Superman, Insulin and Basketball.

Your welcome America.

 

[freaper]

French fries originate from my country, and people here call them Fries. We also put mayo on them (which I heard was weird in other countries).

=> Belgium

 

[WendelI]

Well the Dominican republic was one of the first nations in all of the Americas to be free of slaves.

 

[Felgy76]

Australia is the only country with a legally edible coat of arms.

 

[Cleariously]

The welsh word for microwave is "popty ping." I found that hilarious when I found out.

 

[RanD00M]

We were the first country to have a female president. We are also the first country to have an openly gay prime minister.

 

[Furious Styles]

Was it a coup or an invasion? Surely one or the other, and "invasion" and "consent" must be a conflict in terms.

It was a bit of both, an invasion by William and a coup (well, more of a revolution, truth be told) by his supporters in England. Consent and invasion are not a contradiction in terms, and invasion, in military terms, is the incursion of a foreign army for conquest or plunder. William incurred with a foriegn army, leading a conquest of England that led to his being crowned King. It was, therefore, an invasion. While William did not use force against the British people, he did use the threat of force against the then King James which led to his being ousted and William ascending to a throne he would otherwise not have inherited.

Well since you're a lawyer, show us where in our "codified constitution" that parliament cannot appoint a king?

We don't have a constitution, parliament does what it deems and has done since Cromwell.

Parliament cannot pass legislation without the Queen's assent, heck can't even form governments without her consent (although that is a technicality). Admittedly this is an area of constitutional law that I'm not sure anyone could answer properly. Parliament, however does not do what it deems. While no parliament can bind its successors, there are such things as constitutional conventions and constitutional statutes. At present, without the express repeal of these, they cannot be contravened (just because they aren't entrenched doesn't mean they aren't binding until repeal). I am fairly certain there must be one of these somewhere within the bowels of our constitution that means that parliament cannot simply stop one person being monarch and crown another. Even Charles I was king right up until the moment they cut his head off, and he committed treason, and even when Charles II came back it was because he was invited not because he was appointed. It probably has something to do with succession laws, e.g. no roman catholic can be a monarch, sons inherit before daughters etc. I would look, but I can't be bothered as I have actual exams I'm meant to be revising for.

And we most definitely do have a constitution, don't mistake being uncodified for being non-existent.

The event was not called an invasion and has not been called an invasion till very recently by who might be called revisionists. It's always been known as "The Glorious REVOLUTION".

And the Hundred Years War lasted 116 years, what we call stuff doesn't affect what it really was. People at the time would be willing to call it anything to make it sound grand and glorious, I mean, Glorious Revolution sounds a lot better than the Dutch Invasion. In any case, I am in no way saying that by most normal standards it was an invasion, but the fact remains that a foreign force seized control of the country and overthrew the King. Just because a large section of the country wanted it and little to no resistance was offered doesn't mean it wasn't an invasion.

I'll concede that 1066 was the last "proper" invasion, but William's part in the Glorious Revolution easily falls within the definition of an invasion.

 

[Omey]

In India more people have access to mobile phones than toilets

 

[Jegsimmons]

Apparently, Australia is the fattest country in the world.

... woo Australia.

apparently, my country (USA) is NOT the fattest country on Earth. Hooray!

also, my country does not use the word "State" like its dictionary definition usually describes it, due to the fact we called ourselves "States" before we became completely unified.

 

[ryai458]

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.

I'm going to request that you cite your sources on this one please

I believe he is referring to tobacco not marijuana.

 

[persopolis]

Belgium: We gave you maps, plastics, Cécile De France, beer, chocolate and pedophilia.
you're welcome.
The only true Belgians in Belgium speak German,
yeah we annexed them alright. True story.

 

[RanD00M]

We are the only country to ever beat England at a (naval) war.

- The Netherlands

What about Iceland and the Cod War?

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Just pulled this from a website for the figures, but also knew it to be true: English people consume more tea per capita than anybody else in the world (2.5 times more than the Japanese and 22 times more than the Americans or the French).

 

[Nazz3]

We made Angry Birds.

 

[The Stonker]

Iceland! Lets come with a fact about Iceland.
Well, we have the biggest glacier in Europe (Greenland doesn't count.)

 

[Eggsnham]

The vast majority of U.S. citizens AREN'T stupid. Believe it or not.

I think that's pretty interesting.

 

[jpblade666]

I'm from the US and I'm from the state of New Hampshire so I'll give a fact from my state. My state is one of the few, if not the only, state that hasn't made duels to the death illegal. Of course no one actually duels to the death but knowing I can is awesome.

 

[Mandalore_15]

Scotland consists of over 790 islands, only 130 of which are inhabited. Also, our national motto is "Nemo me impune lacessit", which translated from Latin means "No-one provokes me with impunity" (or "Cha togar m' fhearg gun dìoladh" in Gàidhlig).

 

[z3rostr1fe]

Alot of my countrymen love to spawn babies... They usually make around 8-10 children in their lifetime... And they are dumb due to the fact that they have sex as their favorite pastime, and they don't use family planning together with it.

EDIT:
Okay, maybe "Uneducated" is a better substitute to "Dumb"...