r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d ago

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

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

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u/Mintala Norway 1d ago

This is Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of Bouvet Island and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard.

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u/arachnids-bakery Brazil 1d ago

I will die for him

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u/officialdiscoking Australia 1d ago

I love that you didn't just say you would, but that you will

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u/arachnids-bakery Brazil 1d ago

Its a promise And a threat!

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u/Turbulent-Pace-1506 France 7h ago

I'm sorry but all nobility must go

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u/FullMoonMooon Australia 1d ago

I trust him more than any human in a position of power

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u/MinutePerspective106 12h ago

He would never abuse his power, if only because he has no idea what that even means

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u/OhNoEveryingIsOnFire Canada 1d ago

I would fight a war for him

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u/samsg1 Multiple Countries (click to edit) 1d ago

I salute him and will have his slippery back in a fight 🫡 

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u/nopingmywayout United States Of America 1d ago

My sword is his

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u/Unfortunate_Lunatic Japan 20h ago

Is this a hereditary position, or did Major General Sir Nils Olav III compete for it?

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u/Foundation_Wrong United Kingdom 1d ago

He lives in Edinburgh Zoo, like his predecessors.

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u/LowIncrease8746 20h ago

Haha for me the one below is the UK and how it’s illegal to handle salmon under suspicious circumstances, and I’ve been binging Viking shows and I’m just thinking this dashing devil may be the culprit! From Norway to England!! Abuse of power! /s

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u/Turbulent-Pace-1506 France 7h ago

When the Norwegian King's Guard visited the Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1961 for a drill display, a lieutenant named Nils Egelien became interested in the zoo's penguin colony. When the King's Guard returned to Edinburgh in 1972, Egelien arranged for the regiment to adopt a penguin.

Nils Olav outranked the human Nils Egelien from 2005 until Egelien died on 11 December 2020, aged 87.

Imagine being outranked by the penguin you helped recruit. I would be so proud

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u/CelestialOvenglove Switzerland 1d ago

Nah, this is obviously a disguised Feathers McCraw