American Traditions That Confuse The Rest of the World

Doctor Ads

Apparently, it's really weird for a doctor to have a commercial about himself unless he's McDreamy. Most doctors are found via word of mouth from a trustworthy source, not from a subway ad or a bus bench. That just seems a little distasteful. 

Enormous Highways

What's the deal with eight-lane highways? Why are they necessary? Making highways wider doesn't get rid of the amount of traffic or make commutes faster, it does the complete opposite. 

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The More You Know

  • Domino's Japan trained reindeer to deliver pizza.
  • There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If you took them all out and laid them end to end, they’d stretch around the world more than twice.
  • Mattel once tried to sue Aqua over their song "Barbie Girl". The judge literally told them to "chill".
  • But the loudest animal relative to its size is a water bug.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.