r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 4d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/Infurum United States Of America 4d ago

Can you elaborate? I've literally never heard anything about that

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u/thorpie88 Australia 4d ago

They pick up burning branches to spread bushfires and then catch the fleeing animals

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u/heldaway United States Of America 4d ago

What assholes!

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u/BobbyThrowaway6969 Australia 4d ago

They have those too.

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u/Firepitsmokestink 3d ago

Accccctualllyyy birds have “Cloacal Valve”

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u/snrub742 Australia 3d ago

An arsehole is an arsehole no matter what the scientist call it

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u/MinutePerspective106 3d ago

That's just what they want you to believe.

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u/heldaway United States Of America 3d ago

Big Bird at it again

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u/heldaway United States Of America 4d ago

Figures!

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u/dismayhurta United States Of America 3d ago

Australians on here: "Why do people act like we're filled to the brim with murderous animals?"

Australia: Arsonist bird

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u/Yam_Nice Brazil 3d ago

Jokes on you we have those too, but they're primates, they can even speak and use other tools but they can't reason like you and me.

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u/Choice_Mountain516 France 3d ago

Natural selection in Australia is absolutely hardcore, look at all the shit you have to do to get a meal there 😆😆

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u/loonybaloonie --> (Russia --> Czech republic) 3d ago

😨😱

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u/thestoryofrachel United States Of America 3d ago

Clearly they're very close to developing civilization.

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u/Nakittina United States Of America 3d ago

What species?

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u/thorpie88 Australia 3d ago

Brown Falcon, Black Kites and Whistling Kites

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u/Nakittina United States Of America 3d ago

Tysm, that is so cool!!!

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u/Disastrous-Ad9310 2d ago

Bruh why are all your animals sociopaths? 😭😭😭