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    Most of what an American would call bread, we don’t consider bread. Bread is dark. They don’t really sell bread in American stores, not sure about western Europe.

    Our mustard will make grown men cry and your nose runny. Can be helpful when it’s blocked actually.

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      What kind of chips do you mean? French fries or Lays? If the latter, I doubt it. If the first, I doubt it. Salt and vinegar crisps on the other hand, are uniquely popular in the UK.

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    Our court system can sue a bag of money, find it guilty, then the bag of money goes to the coffers of the police department that legally stole it from a citizen that committed no crime other than having a bag of money.

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    Okay not my country of residence, but you can choose to burn at the 4th hottest global temp of 54C (129F) or you can also freeze at -65C (-85F).

    Optionally, you can also enjoy staring directly at the sun as it rises or sets due to the air pollution.

    Oh and you can also find this funni river dolphin:

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          By poorer countries you probably mean poorer countries that are still rich (every country is poorer than the US), most countries have no free healthcare and if they have you’ll probably get more sick by going to the Hospital

          Szent János hospital (Budapest):

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    UK. Cold and hot water coming from separate taps. WTF? I was once told that it is because hot water boilers used to have their tops open to the outside, which meant the hot water could contain some debris, so it was important to use it only for washing and not let it mix with cooking water. But in bathrooms in some modern builds that definitely don’t use that kind of boilers you still get separate taps. I told one of my British colleagues about how it’s been bothering me since I moved here and she said “oh yeah, I never realised that I’ve never seen that in any other country”. She also told me that kids are just taught to wash their hands quickly under the hot tap, so that they don’t run the water long enough for it to turn scolding hot. WTactualF?

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      Weirdest UK experience for me was the electrical shower heater thingy. Still can’t wrap my head around that one. But it’s apparently not unique to the UK.

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      kids are just taught to wash their hands quickly under the hot tap, so that they don’t run the water long enough for it to turn scolding hot. WTactualF?

      That’s a wtf within the UK as well, just fill the bowl with water using the taps to get the right temperature.

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    • Not being able to afford healthcare and insurance.
    • Half of the population worshipping a felonious, racist, homophobic sexist as if he’s a deity.
    • K.C. Barbecue.
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    • Car insurance is optional
    • Kids get govt subsidised dental care until they’re 18
    • Most common prescriptions are $5 or free
    • We did away with pennies because they’re pointless
    • It’s common to go barefoot into shops and grocery stores
    • Most kids in elementary school go barefoot
    • Semi automatic weapons banned
    • Kids get 20 hours govt subsidised daycare per week
    • When you sell your car the license plate typically goes with it
    • Most gas stations serve hot food and it’s good (by American standards)
    • Online banking allows instant direct cross-bank money transfer, so nobody uses Paypal or Venmo
    • Nobody pays by check, nobody carries around a checkbook
    • It’s not unusual for public parks to have exercise equipment
    • For short domestic flights, time between entering the airport and boarding the plane can be as short as 60 seconds
    • The milky way is still visible in good sized towns
    • Praying mantises are still common
    • Money (bills and coins) feature women, nature, and explorers not war generals, bankers, and buildings.
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    Going to the forest to pick mushrooms, nuts and berries. Going to the beach to pick up washed out amber. Having a lot of people grow their own food, even the city folk.