India contributed millions of soldiers to both World Wars, fighting across Europe, Africa and Asia under British rule. Yet, how much of their sacrifice is acknowledged in global history and popular culture? If soldiers from your country had made similar sacrifices, do you think the world would remember them differently?

Where can a person own a home, raise children, have healthcare, and childcare, all on a fast food worker’s salary?

Have you noticed one of these virtual fights?

It's shocking and sad to read instances of people having a job and roof over their head to suddenly going homeless.

Like people actually having to live on the streets ,while they were living in a home a few days back.

Even though I am still from a developing nation , and people here are unemployed and lose thier jobs as well, but the instances of having to live on the streets , asking for help from strangers is less. Like maybe thier extended family or friend let them stay .

Like not talking about people living in actual poverty but ,those who were doing fine some time back and then suddenly they have to sleep and sit on the street exposed to the harsh environments.

Are those laws which are like say people living in your home for some time ,you can't remove them easily even if they turn hostile- contribute to it .

What factors play a role in this ?

(Any contribution can be mentioned, whether it is scientific, cultural, military, political or anything else)

My answer: The unitary state. Egypt has made many contributions to human civilization, but in my opinion, the most important is the unitary state system, as historians consider ancient Egypt to be the first state with this system in history. Of course, it differed in many details from modern unitary systems, but the concept was the same.

The picture is of the Narmer Palette, from the 31st century BC. It depicts King Narmer (aka King Menes) waging a war to unite the north and south of ancient Egypt. On the other side of the palette, King Narmer is depicted celebrating victory.

In Italy, there's Lercio, parody of the newspaper Leggo. In this article, Minister of Transport Salvini is reported asking "Who is the incompetent asshole serving as Minister of Transport?"

Mexico has implied a lot of new restrictions, so it's way way less common than it was pre-COVID.

However, it's still allowed in nightclubs and bars.

Israel’s recent election seems likely to lead to coalition negotiations, and one possible outcome is Benjamin Netanyahu remaining prime minister. I’m not asking who people support, I’m curious how people in different countries think this could affect their own nation.

For example, would it affect your country’s diplomacy, security concerns, trade, energy prices, relations with Middle Eastern countries, migration, or public opinion? Or do you think it would make little practical difference where you live?

Here in the US, there is probably no more well-known monarch than that of Kamehameha I. Between the 1790s and up until 1795, he fought a series of campaigns uniting the islands of Hawai’i, Maui, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Kaho’olawe, and O’ahu, with the Kingdom of Kaua’i unifying with Hawai’i in April of 1810, leading to the first ever unification of the Hawaiian islands under the Kingdom of Hawai’i. On top of this, it is known due to his ‘ahu ‘ula (feather cape) and spear, he was at least 7 feet (213cm) tall.

Australia has over 1000 "big things" around the country, mostly in regional and rural areas. Famous ones (pictured) include the Big Banana, the Big Merino and the Big Pineapple.

These big things remain oddly popular places to visit both for local and international tourists.

Have you ever tired it?

In India, it’s called Karonda.

It tastes very sour when it’s unripe.

Edit: from seeing the comments it looks like it’s not famous.

Aka. Minas Gerais

In Romania they are called "scorușe" and they look like tiny pears and the size of a grape.

I’m in the US so I think we probably have more than most countries, but I’m wondering what other ones have. Here, the most famous “Italian” food is probably spaghetti and meatballs, and general tsos chicken for Chinese. We also see tikki masala as Indian but I think it’s actually English. Do people in England think of that as Indian food too? Can you get general tsos sauce in any other country? Anything else?

I noticed Latinos are very unrepresented, especially on an international basis. But they're the ones that can swing elections in the US, which subsequently affects the world.

As an American, I feel generally ambivalent about him.

Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill weren't they real names. They were Italians who took these english stage names, so they name will be more marketable for international audience. In Lithuania these guys spagetthi western movies are not popular or known at all. But i believe they may have popularity in other countries. I believe in US, they are completely unknown actors and they films are not known in US, except maybe for diehard Western fans.

So question, in which countries these duo spagetthi Western movies were very popular?

In the Netherlands it was Spirited Away (so very late). It was shown in the cinemas.

Even though Asian cinema is still a niche here, most people can name 1 Ghibli movie. On a yearly base there is some movie festival where they show work from Ghibli and it is always sold out.

I will start:

Antonio Conselheiro, born Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel in 1830 in Quixeramobim, in the Brazilian province of Ceará, grew up in a family of modest merchants and lost his mother young. He worked as a shopkeeper, clerk, and teacher, but his life came apart in the 1860s after his wife left him, an episode that has long been tied to his turn toward religion. By the mid-1870s he was wandering the backlands of the Northeast as a lay preacher, repairing chapels, building churches and cemeteries, and gathering a following among poor rural people, which earned him the title "the Counselor." Church authorities and local landowners grew wary of him, and he was briefly arrested in 1876 and sent back to Ceará. After the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the proclamation of the Republic in 1889, he spoke openly against the new government, partly over the introduction of civil marriage and new taxes. In 1893 he settled with his followers at an abandoned ranch on the Vaza-Barris River in Bahia and founded Belo-Monte (better know as Canudos), a town which grew to an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 residents by 1896. Authorities and landowners saw it as a threat, and the government sent four military expeditions against it between 1896 and 1897. The first three were defeated, but the fourth, much larger, besieged the settlement. Conselheiro died in September 1897, reportedly of illness, shortly before Canudos was destroyed in early October. It is estimated that 25 thousand brazilians were killed in Canudos.

this is trending on twitter again so I wanted to hear some oppinions

the one people make memes about; everyone knows it, there’s merch featuring it, etc...
in russia - smeshariki
a serial about the lives of 9 round animals
living in "romashkovoy" valley

I’m from the Netherlands and personally spend only about €0.33 per month on tampons. I’m curious how much other women spend around the world.

Doesn’t have to actually be gay friendly.