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10 Things Foreigners Often Get Wrong About Life in America

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It’s easy to mock Americans. The internet loves to serve up clips of people who can’t find Europe on a map or don’t know who the prime minister of Canada is. But those moments don’t tell the whole story or even a small fraction of it. For decades, outsiders have painted the U.S. with broad, condescending strokes, mistaking size, diversity, and visibility for ignorance, arrogance, or chaos. Yet when you look closer, most of these criticisms say more about the critics than the criticized.

Let’s unpack some of the most common unfair accusations and what’s really going on behind them.

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5 Historical Photos That Speak Volumes

“The First Day of War” Soviet civilians in Moscow listen to the radio announcement that Germany has invaded the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941

Look at them—faces caught between disbelief and the dawning understanding that history has just shifted beneath their feet. You can almost hear the silence in this photograph. No one’s speaking. They’re listening.

It’s June 22, 1941, and the voice on the radio has just said the unthinkable: Germany has invaded the Soviet Union. The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, that uneasy marriage of convenience between two totalitarian empires, has shattered overnight. Operation Barbarossa—the largest invasion in human history—is underway.

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Feed Your Brain With These 10 Fascinating Facts

In 1952, claims that smoking causes cancer caused Kent cigarettes’ to come out with an asbestos filter to protect its smokers.

In 1952, rising public concern over the link between smoking and lung cancer prompted an unexpected—and tragically ironic—response from one major tobacco company. In an attempt to reassure smokers and maintain market share, Kent cigarettes introduced a new “safe” filter made with Micronite, a trademarked material they advertised as a scientific breakthrough in health protection. What they failed to disclose to consumers, however, was that this supposedly protective filter contained asbestos—the very same carcinogenic material later banned from construction and insulation due to its deadly health effects.

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