American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

There's Always a Hostess

Most restaurants in Europe work on a "seat yourself" protocol. For whatever reason, American restaurants always have hosts or hostesses. While it sometimes is for convenience sake for the staff, it usually just causes a pretty long wait.

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The More You Know

  • A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean by using pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet!
  • One in four Americans thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
  • Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
  • The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.
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