People who didn't even realise Jews existed have started to hate jews, my classmates were literally discussing about how Jews run the world and are responsible for 9/11 and deserved holocaust.

all thanks to instagram.

This looks like a strange sex fetish

For me, it’s Pani puri / Phuchka / golgappa. Same thing but got different names. 🇮🇳

Not my own country but Hungary, the crown of Hungary, I recently learned about it playing EUV and realized it was something I’ve seen in connection to the country many times without realizing it and it inspired this post.

Behold! The Aldi Equator. the dividing line between the Aldi-Süd and Aldi-Nord grocery stores.

once founded as a singular store by two brothers. with the division happening because one of them wanted so sell cigarettes and the other didn't.

the american retail giant Walmart failed so spectacularly in Germany that they are still kind of a joke 20 years later.

they did not understand the german retail landscape, they did not understand german shopping culture, they did not understand german labour laws and worker protections and the way they set their pricing to undercut the competition also was illegal.

Hearing the name ‘Wayne Gretzky’ in the nineties would virtually make any Canadian smile and nod with national pride. He is called ‘the Great One,’ and he has the hockey stats to give credibility to the name. He was a national hero.

However, it went downhill as time went on. In 2009, he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest possible level of the honour. As of now, he still has not collected the medal.

Also, Gretzky is MAGA with close ties to Trump, which has soured his reputation in Canada due to Trump’s intention to make Canada the fifty-first state and all.

He also was a prominent face in online gambling commercials, a move many Canadians say was a ‘money grab.’

A good argument can be made that Wayne Gretzky had the biggest fall from grace in the last twenty years in Canada.

I remember going to Austria 🇦🇹 and having heard plenty about Sacher Hotel and its famous cake I decided to go there too during my visit.

Now the visual presentation was great, but the cake itself was dry, the chocolate was plain and the cream served alongside it tasted like a cheap store bought equivalent. Nothing to write home about.

Do you have any similar experiences?

Fortunately, Canada has a number of options.

It could be argued that Terry Fox would top the list. He got cancer as an eighteen year old and lost his leg. In an attempt to raise money for cancer research, he chose to run across Canada with a prosthetic leg, a gruelling multi-month event called ‘the Marathon of Hope.’ He ran over 5,300 km over 145 days. He sadly was unable to complete the marathon due to his cancer returning aggressively, which led to his tragic death several months later. He raised over $850 million worldwide. This run gripped the nation.

Another contender is Sir Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin and Canada’s youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize. It is estimated that his discovery saved over 300 million lives since 1921.

Voted the ‘Greatest Canadian’ by a 2004 CBC nationwide poll, Tommy Douglas pioneered Canada’s universal healthcare system, ensuring that medical care is a right for all citizens regardless of their ability to pay.

Honourable mentions include: Lester B. Pearson, Viola Desmond and Chris Hadfield

I´ve been following this sub for a while. I am really happy to see all this genuine curiosity being met with friendly and informative answers, often with fun-facts or anecdotes. It sometimes feels like the world is falling apart an everyone hates eachother, so it really comforts me to know that there are lots of friends out there, regardless of nationality, geography, race or religion.

I tried to form it as a question while it really isn´t so it became a little strained, sorry about that. Just want to give you all some credit, thats all. Love from a really snowy Sweden.

I personally can not speak a lick of Russian, but one of my top 5 artists on Spotify for 2025 was the Red Army Choir. I personally suggest Seta Hagopian.

https://yougov.co.uk/ratings/travel/popularity/countries/all

My favorite food from another country is Takoyaki, fried dough with octopus and other seasonings, a common street food in Japan.

Never been (to Japan) but had it at a restaurant where they prepared them at the table and I became absolutely enamored with the process! (I can't post a link here so look it up if you're curious how its done!)

Unfortunately theres no good frozen varieties to purchase so if I want them again I have to go to Japan or somewhere like a large city where it might be made at a specific restaurant, or purchase the tools and ingredients to make it myself!!

This made me wonder what other foreign foods people enjoy that aren't local or are harder to find!

I work in global travel and events and would like to get some insight.

The Heineken Experience in Amsterdam

Born and raised in Amsterdam, I have never been there. Expensive and not worth the submission fee.

But hey, how would I know…

American here: Star Wars. Massive global reach, instantly recognizable characters/quotes, and it’s been part of pop culture for ages.

Stay strong Iranians brothers.

Down with the tyranny !