The Americans change definition of the tomato from a fruit to a vegetable ,WTF .
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Groucho's Fact Hunt
- Thread starter Groucho
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Billysgingham.
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I liked it better myself.
Jamo Martinez
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So do I.
Allegedly; in Saudi and other places the US ship bacon to Embassies etc. in boxes marked Breakfast Beef.
Black Belt Jones
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What do the following countries (and only these countries) have in common?
Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
The only countries in the world not to have been invaded by Britain
tommye
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Places Chico hasn't lived?
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Off the top of my head, when did we 'invade' Iceland, Bhutan or Thailand ?
Black Belt Jones
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Military history not my strong suit summerisle - although I think Iceland was in WWII.
Obv invasion is being defined quite broadly here - some will be small military incursions rather than we're-here-to-take-your-land. But it's still boots on the ground military force, openly, in someone else's manor without asking their permission. We've done it basically everywhere.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
IIRC Thailand was never invaded or colonised, neither was Bhutan. There were military bases in Iceland during WW2, but I wouldn't class that as an invasion. I'm sure there are others - Finland comes to mind.
Black Belt Jones
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We declared war on Finland and bombed one of their ports in WWII. Dropping a bomb on someone else's city and citizens is stretching the definition of invasion perhaps but it's military presence by force.
The invasion of Iceland did actually happen with a force of marines:
Invasion of Iceland - Wikipedia
I believe a lot of the S American countries were 'invaded' by crown-sponsored British pirates back in the 1700s.
Theyre all in alphabetical order?
Privateers
deipnosophist
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French pirates were called buccaneers, and pirates from the Barbary Coast (North Africa) were called corsairs.
Surely Switzerland should be on there.