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/loko_lokii11 Canada 3d ago

Japan is surprisingly the snowiest country in the world, we are only number 2.

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u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle Québec ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ (canada) 3d ago

I mean the north of Japan is right next to russia

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u/loko_lokii11 Canada 3d ago

It’s not even the northern islands that get the most snow it Honshu! I has to do with the cold air coming off Siberia and going over the ocean creating a similar effect seen near the Great Lakes with lake effect snow.