stackyFACTSStepping over a completely arbitrary border instantly changes everything from the coinage to the local alphabet. It is profoundly weird that stepping ten feet to the left alters reality so drastically.
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Most of the imaginary lines separating nations were drawn by grumpy bureaucrats holding straight-edges over maps they had never physically visited. People…
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Tourists universally believe that yelling in their native tongue will magically help locals understand their ridiculous requests.
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What is statistically proven to be the only universally understood word across almost every human language?
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Due to centuries of stubborn colonial history, Spain still owns Ceuta and Melilla, two small cities attached to the northern coast of Morocco. This creates…
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After decades of polite dispute over a tiny, worthless rock in the Arctic called Hans Island, the two nations finally split it down the middle. It is now the…
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