American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Overly Confident

So many Americans can argue themselves until they're blue in the face. However, that doesn't always mean they're right. Overconfidence often comes off as arrogance, and it wouldn't hurt to just listen and make informed decisions.

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The More You Know

  • Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
  • People write love letters to trees in Australia via email.
  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
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