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44 Ways America Is A Weird Place To Live

By:: Brian C. Miller; Cracked Writers

October 01, 2021

44 Ways America Is A Weird Place To Live

We know that we are not the only person who has ever thought this, but America is a weird place to live. Don't get us wrong, we all love it here, and there's no other country we would want to call home, but compared to the rest of the world, we do some pretty strange things. For example, just take a look at our voting system. Pretty bizarre, right? Or how we celebrate Thanksgiving... with a lot of food and family time? Ok maybe that’s not that weird. But we know a lot of other countries must think we're crazy! But that's just one small example - there are tons of others. So in today's post, we want to explore some of the weirdest things about America that make it stand out from the rest of the world.

If you reside in the United States, there are a lot of things that seem regular to you that the rest of the world considers bizarre...

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CRACKED.COM Only the U.S. has widely adopted in-sink garbage disposals. insinkerabord food waste disposer Because of how much water they use and the burden they put on sewage systems, in-sink garbage disposals are really unpopular outside the U.S. For example, nearly half of U.S. households have in-sink garbage disposals, but only 5% of U.K. ones do. They used to be banned in Japan and Australia, and still are in Austria, Portugal, and the Netherlands. — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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BUTTER 1 FIRST QUALITY 1 NET WT. 4OZ. (113g) BUTTER START MEASURE HERE 1/4 CUP 1 1/3 CUP 1/2 CUP TABLESPOON MEASURE: 1 2 7 3 8 4 5 THIS UNIT NOT L ABEL ED FOR RETAIL 6 SALE THIS ISN'T NORMAL MOST COUNTRIES MEASURE BUTTER BY GRACKED.COM WEIGHT — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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There are almost as many cars in the U.S. as there are people. The average for all 50 states is 910 cars per 1,000 citizens. The numbers for the European Union countries are much lower-587 cars per 1,000 citizens. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The United States is the only country with grape Skittles. $ In other countries the purple Skittles are blackcurrant, a fruit which was banned in the the USA in the early 20th century because they thought the plants were transmitters of a wood-destroying disease. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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CRACKED.COM Drugs are more expensive in the US than other nations. A month's supply of diabetes medication Januvia costs $168.61 after discounts in the US. Canada pays the next highest price ($68.10), which is not discounted and still $100 less. — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The United States held GRACKED.COM 41.6% of the world's wealth in 2014, making it the richest country on Earth. Ranked second was China (10.5%). In the same year, the US also ranked first in income inequality, scoring 80.56 in Gini coefficient (0=Perfect equality, 100=Perfect inequality). — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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America is one of the only countries that refrigerate eggs. WHY? ASABE A EN on 1234 be 1450 Because the FDA makes HOT anca us Fresh Form Eggs XL GOOSS ADE A EGGS wash off the hen's natural Tras coating that protects the egg from salmonella. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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In most states in the U.S., the highest-paid public employees are college football and basketball coaches. FOOTBALL COLLEGE PRE SIDENT LAN COACH - CALLESE ... SOCIAL COLLEGE MED SCHOOL PRESIDENT DEAN FOOTBALL has TMACK MED SCHOOL COACH CALCA CHANCELLOR FOOTBALL MED SCHOOL BAGKETBALL WE SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH COREM COACH DEPT CHAIR FOOTBALL DEAN MASHOTBALL BASKETBALL CRACK ENT COACH FOOTBALL BASKETBALL COACH FOOTBALL MED SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH* COACH FOOTBALL PLASTIC COLLEGE COACH BASKET COACH SURGEON FOOTBALL FOOTBALL Sell FOOTBALL COACH POW FOOTBALL Chair COACH COACH Mell FOOT State COACH BALL BASKET. BASKETBALL FOOTBALL COACH BALL COACH BASKETBALL COACH Clack COACH BASKETBALL COACH — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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In the US, the number of vacant houses are six times greater than the number of homeless people. USA Europe Homeless 3.5 million 4.1 million people Vacant 18.5 million 11 million houses The ratio in Europe is less than half that. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Americans are extremely obsessed with their flag. The U.S. is pretty much the only country where flying a flag year-round is common. In France, the flag is associated with aggressive nationalism and the far right. In the UK, flying a flag outside your house would be kind of embarrassing - it's just not done. In Germany, the flags on the parliament building are almost the only ones flown, by anyone. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Americans have more faith in hard work than people from other parts of the world. A Pew survey found that 73% of Americans said hard work is very important to getting ahead in life. Among the other 44 nations surveyed, a median of 50% had the same response. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Cars with automatic transmission are preferred by drivers in the US, to the point that less than 3% RNDS of all units sold in the country are manual vehicles. 135 And while the trend Hh is slowly changing 246R in specific markets like the UK, manual cars are still the most common in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The United States is the only nation that hasn't ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which means that American children may be treated by the criminal justice system as adults, including being arrested and serving life sentences. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The United States, China and Japan US are the top three oil 20% consumers in the world. CHINA 11.7% Americans use more JAPAN oil than China and Japan 5.3% COMBINED. GRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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CRACKED COM There are currently three countries that do not use the metric system-Burma, Liberia, and the United States. 2 4 81 LI 10FEET 3m 4 3 Many U.S. industries have been slow to adopt the metric system, but it is becoming standard in certain areas of science, medicine, and government. — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Unlike many other countries around the world, America doesn't officially embrace the tradition of napping. It's a cultural expectation in places like Italy, Spain, Greece, the Philippines, Nigeria & others, but viewed as slacking here. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Stores open 24-7 are a thing in the U.S. and Asia, but not Europe. WAL* MART SUPERCENTER Open 24 Hours Food Center Pharmacy Optical 1-Hr. Photo Tire & Lube F For example, in Germany, opening on Sundays is against the law in most cases, and late-night stores have started appearing only recently. In Austria, most shops can't work more than 66 hours a week. In France, pretty much the only 24-hour stores are a few pharmacies, and in Switzerland, the only late-night options are vending machines. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The U.S. is 1 of only 4 countries in the world that does not require paid maternity leave. The U.S. ranks last among developed countries when it comes to paid parental leave. While many U.S. companies offer paid parental leave, the United States is the only advanced country without a federal law mandating it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Individually, Americans use more cocaine than any other country. The percentage of users in America is only a tenth of a percent higher than Brazil, but Americans use 36% of the world's cocaine, compared to Brazil's 18%. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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Most of the world uses the A series of paper sizes; doubling in size but maintaining the same aspect ratio throughout. Neat. 841 845 A1 GOLD 594 x 841 AO reamstime 1189 841x1189 A3 297 . 420 A2 420 x 594 A5 - A4 207 -210 . AS Meanwhile, the US only uses two sizes of paper: Letter, and Legal, which is slightly longer than letter-sized. GRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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America is one of the few countries where soccer is not the most popular sport. The map shows the most popular sports in every country. The color green represents soccer. Rather ironic considering the US Women's Soccer team has won the World Cup three times, more than any other country. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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About a third of the world's 41,820 airports are in the USA, the most of any single country. #1 USA 13,513 #2 Brazil 4,093 #3 Mexico 1,714 Other countries: #4 Russia 1,218 #5 Canada 1,427 #14 China 507 #21 India 346 CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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US: TOTAL Kit Kat (Hershey Company) KitKat / natural Crisp Wafers in Milk Chocolate The US is the only country in the world where Kit Kat is not produced by Nestlé. ...asnud el ® Ouvrez Rest of the World: Hiere / KitKat en Nestle he like 45g OF Nestlé CADE Year IN Kit Kat 40 45 g VOS - UNIVERSITY Have a break, have J KitKat. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The United States is the only modern democracy to elect its president via Electoral College CRACKED COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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The US has more geysers than any place on Earth! CRACKED.COM Made in America Yellowstone National Park alone accounts for a whopping 60% of the world's known geysers. — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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THERE ARE MORE TIGERS PRIVATELY OWNED IN THE US THAN TIGERS IN THE WILD WORLDWIDE. ESTIMATED TALLY ESTIMATED TALLY I IN THE WILD IN US CAPTIVITY 3,890 5,000 And only 6% of the tigers in the United States are held in accredited facilities. CRACKED.COM — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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America is most religious among developed countries. % saying religion plays a very important role in their lives (2011-2013) Africa Pekistan Asia/Pacific 100% Indonesia Europe Senegal Ghana Latin America Nige ria Philippines Uganda Middle East El Salvador Korya 80% Tunisia North America Malaysia Egypt Brazil Russia Jordan Turkey South Africa Bolivia United States 60% Lebanon Mexico Verezuela Chile 40% Italy Argertina Israel Germany Canada Poland Spain 20% Russia South Korea Australia Britain France China Japan Czech Republic 0 0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 Estimated 2013 GDP per capita (PPP, current international $) A study by the Pew Research Center found — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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CRACKED.COM American portion sizes are abnormally huge. Food servings are 40% to 80% larger in American cities than in European ones. op When adopting 95 an a typical American diet or moving to America, people from other cultures gain significant amounts of weight. — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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CRACKED.COM (specifically the The US Florida Everglades) is the only place in the world where CROCODiLES & ALLIGATORS live together. — Source: 29 Ways America Is Super Weird, Compared To Other Countries

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FOR TRIPS OF LESS THAN ONE MILE... 70% OF AMERICANS WILL DRIVE. 70% OF EUROPEANS WILL WALK, BIKE, OR USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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Almost 80% of American boys are circumcised. In Europe and South America, however, this number averages below 20%. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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CRACKED.COM In America shoppers generally hand the cashier money. In Japan it is customary to put the money in a small tray. 1000 1000 1000 4000 SM70000 1000 SCTUBE HOMOSE GOODIES 10-15 adidas 155kg RE 100007X ID — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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IN AMERICA, PUBLIC BATHROOMS ARE FREE. In a lot of places in Europe you have to pay to use a public bathroom. It usually costs around $1 in change to gain access, so if you plan to visit, be sure to keep some change with you. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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Laundromats are very common in the U.S., CRACKED.COM but not so much elsewhere. For example, the U.S. has almost 8 times more laundromats than France, but only about 5 times more people. And in Hong Kong, laundromats are geting more popular, but the first one in the country opened, apparently, in 2014. — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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CRACKED COM In the US, it's normal to go to college for four years. BIOLOGY HISTORY ENGLISH sociology POLITIC GEOMETR MATHEMATICS 9 ELIGION ECONOMY PHYSICS TUC ARTS OG EDUCATION MISTRY In Europe, it's usually just three years, as lots of the general education that US students take is taken care of in high school. — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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When shopping in America, consumers end up paying more money than what's on the price tags because the tax is added at the checkout point. In the EU, tax and other additional costs must be added to the total value before any payment is made. Otherwise, consumers have a right to request a complete refund of the excess charges. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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AMERICANS ARE MOSTLY MONOLINGUAL. Only 20% of students in the USA study a foreign language as compared to 90% of European students. Geroun Langen- scheidt German Spa scheidt Langen- CRACKED.COM TRA ITALIAN — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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On workdays, 53% of Americans get fewer than seven hours of sleep. Those numbers are considerably lower in other Western countries - 39% in the UK, 36% in Germany, 30% in Canada, and 29% in Mexico. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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Less than half of Americans cremate their dead. In highly populated countries like India and Japan, the cremation rate is almost 100%. This leaves more land open. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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Most Americans don't realize how cheap their gasoline really is. As of mid-2019, Americans paid $2.99 for a gallon of gas. For comparison, the Chinese paid $3.94, and the French paid $6.54. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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The rehearsal dinner is a huge part of any wedding, right? Sure, having one is a long-standing tradition (it's from the 19th century) - but only a tradition in the U.S. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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dd-mm-yyyy dd-mm-yyyy and yyyy-mm-dd dd-mm-yyyy. mm-dd-yyyy. and yyyy-mm-dd yyyy-mm-dd mm-dd-yyyy mm-dd-yyyy and dd-mm-yyyy America is the only country in the world that relies solely on the MM-DD-YY date format, and only a few others consider it to be an option. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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CRACKED.COM Red Solo cups are uncommon outside of the U.S. In fact, foreigners think they are All- American and even host American parties where they use the iconic red cups to lend authenticity. — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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Riding in the back of a taxi is inherently American. BUT LOS DI In Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Scotland, taxi drivers will consider you rude if you don't sit in the front seat. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Things About Life In The U.S. That Are Super Not-Normal

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