23 Culture Shocked Americans Share The Things They Didn't Realize Were So American

Sometimes you take a journey out into the big mad world, far away from where you call home, and it humbles you. You immerse yourself in the culture of a land that might even look similar on the surface, only to realize that rooting for a team in a place like Australia, is NOT what you intend it to mean. These are their own kind of special fails. 

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