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    Every easter, we go from door to door and beat girl’s backs with a whip made of braided rods. They give us sweets and alcohol for exchange.

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      Czech or Slovakia.

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        It’s Czechia, indeed

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          Czechia or the Czech republic. Czech is an adjective, the language or a citizen. (Nauč se anglický název své země pořádně.)

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    Slartibartfast won an award for something that is literally right outside my bedroom window.

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    If there’s water to be manipulated in a way to either keep it out, or to make land appear where water once was, they are going to hire people from here.

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    We had the highest sheep:human ratio of any country. I think we still do, but I’m not sure.

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    It’s probably one of the best countries to live in but also comes with a big tradeoff in the form of a bad climate. People keep to themselves and avoid interacting with strangers. We’re also known for being quiet, humble and honest.

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    There’s a word coined in this town’s specific dialect that means “catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal”.

    Hint: the first two syllables of that word are “anti”, though the “t” is not a full fricative stop.

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      The only possible word that comes to mind is “anticlockwise” used in (some parts of?) the UK instead of “counterclockwise” but that doesn’t exactly match “diagonally”. Is it the word though?

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    We lost a land war against birds.

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    we’ve been the cause of two world wars

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    We have two animals on our coat of arms neither of which can walk backwards.

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      Australia. I feel I’ve seen a kangaroo shuffle backwards in a fighting stance. But hearing an emu can’t walk backwards sounds ludicrous.

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      I’ve been told that this way they have no choice but to hold up the coat of arms.

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    Despite New being in the name of it, the “old” place was named many years after.

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    We have a 1/2 scale copy of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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      Las Vegas? Seems like they have a half scale version of everything.

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        Nope, but its true, Vegas does seem to have every monument you can think of.

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      I don’t know the scale, but Saugus, Massachusetts - “Leaning Tower of Pizza”

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    We have a small desert with cactii in a region that has snow 6 months, extreme cold for 2 months of the year.

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      A bit vague but there’s a handful of areas that more or less meet that description around Canada.

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    We have scammers