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It’s hard to remember, in these online times, how far away other countries are. Like, they are so far away that people there speak completely different languages. Their food is not like your food. Before Netflix, years could pass by before a movie or a series got where you lived. They had to physically pack the stuff up and load into a plane or a boat -- and then, those who bought it would go, “Hey, people around these places will like this thing better if we turn it into another thing altogether.” Do you know how often this happened? All the time. Just take a look at these cases.
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