American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Boring Conversation Starters

Ever notice how someone asks, "How are you?" but they don't really care about the reply, and then you still feel obligated to ask the question in return? It's a weird formality that people say when they start a conversation but just leads to pointless banter. Americans are really great at this.

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The More You Know

  • People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • One area of Canada has a weaker gravitational pull than the rest of Earth.
  • An oyster's sex is fluid.
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