American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Huge Pickup Trucks

Don't mess with someone's 4 by 4. The bigger the wheels, the tougher the man (apparently). Americans love driving enormous pickup trucks, but in other countries, they're used primarily for work or moving jobs and not driven as an everyday car.

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The More You Know

  • The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
  • Indonesia has the shortest population.
  • Benjamin Franklin was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
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