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30 World Cup Visitors Reveal the Things About America That Surprised Them

If you only knew America through social media, news headlines, and internet arguments, you’d probably expect a country that feels angry, divided, and constantly on the verge of chaos. But for many of the thousands of international visitors who have arrived for the World Cup, the reality has been surprisingly different.

Here are 30 of the funniest, most insightful, and most surprising responses from foreigners experiencing America during the World Cup.

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Interesting

5 Things I Learned That I Can’t Stop Thinking About

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein published a best-selling romance novel that spawned a twenty-episode TV series and a stage musical.

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One of the strangest footnotes of Saddam Hussein’s rule over Iraq had nothing to do with tanks, palaces, or politics. In 2000, the Iraqi dictator secretly published a romance novel titled Zabiba and the King. At first glance, it appeared to be a simple love story between a powerful king and a common woman named Zabiba. But readers quickly recognized that the novel was packed with political symbolism. The king represented Saddam himself, while Zabiba symbolized the Iraqi people. Their enemies stood in for foreign powers and political rivals.

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17 People Reveal The Things About Their Friends That Keeps Them Perpetually Single

Everyone knows someone who seems like a great catch on paper but somehow remains perpetually single. Maybe they’re attractive, successful, funny, or genuinely kind. Yet year after year, relationship after relationship, nothing seems to stick.

When a Reddit user asked people to reveal the thing about their friends that keeps them perpetually single, thousands of users chimed in with surprisingly candid answers. Some responses were funny, others were brutal, and quite a few were genuinely insightful.

Here are some of the most memorable responses.

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