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Potable_Toe on 10 July 2011
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.

 

 



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blkfish92 on 10 July 2011
PBBN43 said:

We've one of the most beautiful national anthems and we're the 5th biggest country at 8,500,000 km².

blkfish92 said:
America is one of the fattest countries in the world, if not that the fattest.

America is a continent (or 2, if you consider North and South America individual continents), not a single country.


I know that, but most people regard the usa as america so ya.



           

salaminizer on 10 July 2011

an interesting fact: the ministers in the auditor court of the executive government are appointed by the government itself, and while it has its employees, the decisions are made by the ministers, which means that the court can't do much to prevent corruption.



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Trentonater on 11 July 2011

our country mascot really could have been the turkey.



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glimmer_of_hope on 11 July 2011

Canada is the only country to have ever attacked the White House. Canadians torched the White House in 1812



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kber81 on 11 July 2011

Polish national football team never beat Germans...

we've beat them hard in 1410 though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFxq_Ohi0_s&feature=related



Porcupine_I on 11 July 2011

In my country many people frequently lie about the strength of their football team, because of some manly men sports inferiority complex / mass illusion / wishful thinking thing.

Also Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler was German!



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sapphi_snake on 11 July 2011

Another one: Slavery was practiced in Romania 'till the mid 19th century (gypsies were enslaved). We still abolished before Americans did it though, and we did not need a war to do that.



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radishhead on 11 July 2011

Most British people hate being called "European", and they try to distance themselves from other countries as much as possible (bar the USA, who we are still strangely attached to).



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sethnintendo on 11 July 2011

Hemp was made legal to grow and the government encouraged farmers to grow it during WW2. Shortly after WW2 hemp was made illegal to grow again.

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