Post some interesting facts about your country/town.

I'm bored, lets post some cool facts about your country or your town. Don't derail.

I go first, Australia.

- Italian is the second most spoken language in Australia, followed by Greek and Cantonese.

- Sydney is the most populous city in Australia with over 4 mil, but we still use trains that's made in the 80's.

- 2 member of AC/DC grew up in my town, Burwood.

- We are the second most multicultural country in the world, with 270 different nationalities according to 2006 census.

- We uses the word "mate" more than anyone else.

Went to look up some American fact, and wow, 190 millions people are full white and only 38 million are black? And there's only 7.5 million mixed race? That was not what I expected. Those medias are surely misleading.

Once upon a time, we burnt down the White House.

Or helped the British burn it down...

Once upon a time, we burnt down the White House.

Or helped the British burn it down...

poseidonwest

lol silly Brits.

my towns population is 1,000 (well a little over)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin,_Florida

There will always be jobs in my town so long as the granite mountain is there and my town was designed by a blind man and his black servant named Yett. There is a hole where union sympathizers were thrown in to die. A dragboat went over 300 mph last year on our lake.

[QUOTE="zoraluv"]

my towns population is 1,000 (well a little over)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin,_Florida

thegerg

Do you know what the word "interesting" means?

yes i do.

my towns population is 1,000 (well a little over)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin,_Florida

zoraluv

We shared the honour of being a stop on the world's first passenger train journey, with some neighbouring towns.

Also, there's a pretty cool construction of a train on the outside of town:

from what i understand, some scenes from Remember The Titans were filmed at my high school

Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in my town and the courthouse where he had the trial is still running.

We shared the honour of being a stop on the world's first passenger train journey, with some neighbouring towns.

Also, there's a pretty cool construction of a train on the outside of town:

T_P_O

Netherlands:
- nearly all of it's land is completely flat
- nearly all of it's land is below sea level
- marijuana is legal
- prostitution is legal under some circumstances
- euthanasia is legal under some circumstances
- it was the first country in the world to allow gay marriage
- legal drinking age is 16
- there are lots of flowers in the summer
- bicycles are a very comon means of transportation
- it rains a lot
- many medieval cities
- The Netherlands has the largest artificial island in the world

Johnny Depp grew up in my town and attended high school there.

The city I live outside was the first to be burned to the ground inGeneral William Sherman's march to the sea during the Civil War.

My hometown is the oldest settlement in the United Stated. Emmitt Smith and Roy Jones Jr are from my town. My town's nickname is known as, "The City of Five Flags" because it has been conquered by 5 different countries. That's off the top of my head.

My hometown is the oldest settlement in the United Stated. Emmitt Smith and Roy Jones Jr are from my town. My town's nickname is known as, "The City of Five Flags" because it has been conquered by 5 different countries. That's off the top of my head.

LikeHaterade

[QUOTE="LikeHaterade"]

My hometown is the oldest settlement in the United Stated. Emmitt Smith and Roy Jones Jr are from my town. My town's nickname is known as, "The City of Five Flags" because it has been conquered by 5 different countries. That's off the top of my head.

CRS98

Nice!

The singer of Journey grew up here

Obama keeps mentioning my town in some of his speeches against outsourcing.My town is the I.T capital of the largest democracy in the world and my country is the second most populated country in the world.

The most popular name in my country is 'Muhammad'

Guessed what it is?

[spoiler] England [/spoiler]

And i'm not being racist. ;)

[QUOTE="conistant"]My town is IT capital of largest democracy in the world and is the second most populated country in the world.thegerg

What country is your town?

The city I live outside was the first to be burned to the ground inGeneral William Sherman's march to the sea during the Civil War.

WhiteKnight77

It's not Vicksburg?

São Paulo, Brazil.

- The city's motto is: "I am not leaded, I lead."

- It's the most populous city of my country, with 11 million inhabitants, 20 million if you consider its metropolitan region.

- It's the sixth largest metropolis in the world.

- It's considered a "Global City Alpha" (google the term).

- It's the city with the largest Italian population out of Italy.

- It's the city with the largest Japanese population out of Japan.

- It's the tenth richest city in the world.

- It's one of the most culturally-religious diverse cities in the world.

[QUOTE="CRS98"][QUOTE="LikeHaterade"]

My hometown is the oldest settlement in the United Stated. Emmitt Smith and Roy Jones Jr are from my town. My town's nickname is known as, "The City of Five Flags" because it has been conquered by 5 different countries. That's off the top of my head.

LikeHaterade

Nice!

[QUOTE="conistant"]

Sorry edited my post.Keep guessing.thegerg

Keep guessing what?

[QUOTE="zoraluv"]

[QUOTE="thegerg"]

Do you know what the word "interesting" means?

thegerg

yes i do.

What is interesting about the fact that you posted?

that unlike most big cities which have a lot more people. i come from a little town. which is not normal for most usa cities.

and to be quite honest why do i care if you think it's interesting?

[QUOTE="conistant"][QUOTE="thegerg"]

Keep guessing what?

thegerg

Capetown

More about Australia.

- We got a summer version of "chavs", they call themselves the "adlays". These creatures mainly appear in Sydney and Melbourne.

- No, we don't ride kangaroos to school.

- In Australia, we got giant blue earthworms, no joke.

- 8.7% of Australians are Asian, 37% are true-blues, 31% are English, but only 0.28% are American lol.

[QUOTE="zoraluv"]

my towns population is 1,000 (well a little over)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin,_Florida

mrmusicman247

many people use baldwin as a shortcut

More about Australia.

- We got a summer version of "chavs", they call themselves the "adlays". These creatures mainly appear in Sydney and Melbourne.

- No, we don't ride kangaroos to school.

- In Australia, we got giant blue earthworms, no joke.

- 8.7% of Australians are Asian, 37% are true-blues, 31% are English, but only 0.28% are American lol.

stevoqwerty

Wasn't Australia where piercing and tattoos was normal for the first time?

North Carolina, US facts (Not my hometown, just live here now): -University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest state university in the US. -First successful powered flight by man in Kill Devil Hill by the Wright Brothers -Has the largest amphibious base in North America (Camp Lejuene) -Krispy Cream Doughnut was founded in Winston-Salem -The Venus Fly trap is native to Hampstead -Pepsi was created and first served in New Bern (1898) I didn't post facts about the town I live because, well, nothing particularly interesting happened here.BreakTheseLinks

Didn't they win a controversial game of all time yesterday?