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sapphi_snake said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Contrary to popular belief, in Spain practically no-one likes flamenco or bullfighting. It isn't a very religious country either.

Then why do you continue thatbarbaric practice???!!!

Because it is considered a "tradition" and the few people that do like it (I've never met one, they're mostly in the south) want to keep it for that reason. Also, many people who have never watched a bullfight in their lives defend it, because it's part of the Spanish culture according to them, even though there are like 10 more popular sports (if you can call that a sport) in Spain.



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In my country we pay around 1/3 of our paychecks in tax


After that it gets even better, every single item we buy in stores have a added tax aswell



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In my country we used to have a prime minister who tortured his colleagues from all around the world by inviting them for a dinner of "pig stomach".

Thats how evil we are.



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Potable_Toe said:
chris.m95 said:
An english man made the first ever plane not america. Unfortunately it is forgotten as although the plane flew it wasn't powered by and engine (that was the wright brothers)


If you are talking about Percy Pilcher you are half right. He did invent the first Aeroplane but it was indeed powered by an engine, unfortunately on the day that he had intended to show it off to investors the engine broke-down. Being unable to fix the engine in time he decided that he would at the very least put on a performance with his gliders, being a fairly famous expert glider at the time, during his demostration however the wing on his glider broke and he fell 50' and died meaning that he was never rightly credited for his invention. Recently though his plans were rediscovered and made exactly to specification, the resultant aeorplane worked. Interestingly not only did it work but it was far more efficient and capable than the Wright brothers later version flying for 26 seconds longer whilst in 'dead calm' conditions.

 

 


This guy was from yorkshire and made a glider back in the 1800's. it was the first ever "flying machine"



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Serbia is the most disrespected and mistreated country in Europe



Player1x3 said:
Serbia is the most disrespected and mistreated country in Europe

Shouldn't start wars then should ya?



Sweden is the first european country to get the NES, thanks to the efforts of the import company Bergsala AB.
There were plans to release a special nordic famicom for the swedsh market, but they were abandoned so that Nintnedo could focus on releasing the NES in the USA.
Bergsala AB's headquarters lies on Mario's gata, a street near the town of Kungsbacka renamed after Nintendo's Mario.



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brendude13 said:
Player1x3 said:
Serbia is the most disrespected and mistreated country in Europe

Shouldn't start wars then should ya?

What wars?



 Costa rica is the happiest country of the world... and we have one of the 4 blue zones...



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