What were you shocked to learn only exists in your country?

1. As a kid I suppose it was Kangaroos.
   — EarthlingEdge


2. Apperantly outside of my province it is frowned upon to throw coins into strippers.
   — YamLamps


3. A coworker from New Orleans said she was shocked to find out that drive through daiquiri places weren't common everywhere else.
   — soonerguy11






4. Drive thru pharmacies
   — memeromemes


5. Flapjacks! Apparently its pretty much a British and Irish only thing, they're like oats and raisins glued together with syrup. I guess other places get close with cereal bars and stuff, but flapjacks are thicker and much less healthy and better in every way. All of y'all are missing out! Edit: Apparently Americans call pancakes flapjacks, but that's not what I'm talking about here - flapjacks are made with oats and baked, very different to American-style pancakes. Same name, different thing, it would appear.
   — mattz0r98


6. When some family members were visiting from abroad, they were fucking delighted when they found out American college students really do drink beer out of red party cups. They spent a lot of time asking about the brands, if we ever used other colors, etc etc. I'm not saying it only exists in the US, but I had never really considered that red solo cups were something we were known for in other countries.
   — uglyhag






7. A log that you hit on Christmas eve so that it poops out your presents. You feed it over the month of December so that it will be ready and full of gifts and then you sing a song and hit it and it does a poo and the poo is your present that your parents have secretly put there.
   — nutnerk


8. For the most part, root beer.
   — tenehemia