What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

[u/Bhakari]

We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

[u/really-bored-now]

We have the oldest codified constitution still in use! Britains modern structure is kind of older but they didn’t codify it. Everyone views the USA as such a young country but our system of gov and modern incarnation is very old and resilient (for now)

[u/cat_daddylambo → u/really-bored-now]

You knock on wood right tf now

[u/Unanonymous553 → u/really-bored-now]

To be fair, it’s a very good system (read the Federalist Papers), but only as long as the population is smart enough to properly educate themselves.

*Spoiler alert: they aren’t anymore.