Things you were shockingly old when you learned

Basically all of Western Europe is on the same time zone. Except for Portugal and the UK, if the UK counts as "europe" and not "the hell islands".

... and Ireland.

xp European cuckoos do this. American cuckoos raise their own young.

xp and Iceland

"trailblazing" has the literal meaning of marking trees to create a path. i always imagined someone running and leaving fire behind them.

... and Ireland.

― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.)

your country is basically fine but tainted by proximity to The Worst Country

kind of like canada

Cardiff has only been the capital city of Wales since 1955. Wales had never had a capital city prior to 1955(!) and Cardiff, Caernarvon and Aberystwyth were all in contention.It was never even formally announced...

On 20 December 1955, Gwilym Lloyd-George, then Minister for Welsh Affairs and Home Secretary, proclaimed that Cardiff was the capital of Wales, in a reply to a Parliamentary question from David Llewellyn. Lloyd-George said that "no formal measures are necessary to give effect to this decision"[14]

haha wtf

Americans call it "soccer" because It's a truncation of "association football"

having watched man u all season, i'm more into disassociation football these days

(xp) Like rugger. It's English public school speak.