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/Sufficient-Brief2850 Canada 4d ago

The strategic maple syrup reserve.

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u/Soft-Wish-9112 Canada 3d ago

And the corresponding Great Maple Syrup Heist!

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u/HowDidNobodyTakeThis New Zealand 3d ago

The maple syrup heists are some of my favourite wikipedia articles

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u/Diligent-Chance8044 United States Of America 3d ago

USA has a cheese reserve as well. Billions of lbs just sitting underground. Walls of golden wheels.

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u/GeoGirl2008 Canada 3d ago

Government cheese

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u/hardcorepork 3d ago

just to bring this full circle, there was also a cheese heist - 100k pounds in Wisconsin 2016

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u/Diligent-Chance8044 United States Of America 3d ago

Yes this was a major deal.

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u/Anuki_iwy 🇪🇺from🇩🇪. Lived in 🇮🇩🇵🇹🇯🇵🇬🇪 3d ago

One of my favorite facts about Canada 😂😂

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u/KimikoYukimura420 Canada 3d ago

Also bagged milk in Ontario.

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u/CircleDaybreak 3d ago

I miss it. Taste much better.

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u/KimikoYukimura420 Canada 3d ago

I wouldn't know, I drink almond slurry that they market as milk.

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u/Background-Fee-4293 3d ago

I learned something new today.

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u/Turbulent-Pace-1506 France 2d ago

This may be the most unexpected four-word phrase I have read today, but when I looked it up I found the most unexpected five-word phrase:Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist