American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Wearing Swimsuits to the Beach

This seems like a no-brainer, right? Wrong. In most countries, people go to the beach wearing next to nothing. Americans are pretty modest on that front, and people traveling into the states have to be warned about wearing clothing while going to the beach so they don't break any laws.

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