Chocolate chip cookies dental floss traffic lights all great American
inventions these things originated in America but are now all over the world
but if you think that everything American is in every other country then
you'd be wrong there are some things you just don't see outside of the USA I'm
Charlie and today we're going to look at eleven common things that don't exist
outside the USA before we get into it why not subscribe and press the
notification bell - coming up first we have medical and lawyer ads if you're
not from the USA but have gone to visit I'm sure you switched on the TV and
heard this phrase ask your doctor if this product is right for you and then
most likely a big list of scary warning some side effects this is something that
only happens in America and it's advertising for medical products outside
the USA it's weird to see commercials for medical related things most people
would just go to their doctor and get what their doctor suggests but in the
USA it's common to see medical things advertised as if they were any other
product but medical ads aren't the only odd advertising you'll see in the USA
another thing you'll often see is adverts for lawyers I'm not talking
about Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad believe it or not that's not just in TV
shows in the USA lawyers really do advertise on TV did you know that 60% of
the world's lawyers reside in the USA and the USA is said to be the most
litigious country in the world this means that the most lawsuits come up
from inside the USA next up is spray cheese when you think of cheese you
probably think France luxurious French cheeses a staple of fine dining around
the world but the USA has a different kind of dairy based delicacy that is
spray cheese cheese's eaten our laws in the USA in fact the USA is the world's
largest consumer of cheese but America also loves convenience and that's why
cheese can be bought in a can in the USA now Spray cheese is actually owned
51% cheese by law to call a product what it is it must be at least half of that
product so that's why it's only 51% cheese not a percentage higher the other
49% is flavorings protein and ingredients spray cheese has been big in
the USA since the 1960s and it's even sold in various flavors for example
cheddar bacon and even American flavor huh I wonder what that is next up is
garbage disposals I'm sure you've seen in movies and TV shows how Americans
throw their food scraps into the sink you may think what happens to them then
they just sit there well no if they go into what's called a garbage disposal
these things actually only exist in the USA in other countries food scraps would
be put in the kitchen bin but why is it that only in America - they use garbage
disposals well the reason why is because in many other countries it's banned this
is because it's not very environmentally friendly that's because all of the food
is mixed in with the general rule to waste this then at some point must be
filtered out so it wastes a lot of energy but it is convenient next up is
college sports every country loves sports whether it's Cricket in India
football in Spain or baseball in the USA but only in the USA are they obsessed
with college sports every country loves professional sport leagues and the USA
is no exception but one thing that's different about the USA is that they
love college sports as much as regular professional sports no other country
gets behind colleges is marchis the USA does if you ask people in other
countries if they can name a college team of any other sport chances are they
can't in other countries college sports and not broadcast on TV and they also
don't make any money at all as opposed to the millions made in u.s. college
sports in the USA college football brings in thousands of spectators to
fill up stadiums but in other countries college football games are lucky if they
even get the friends and family of the people involved watching also the
biggest stadiums in the USA are pretty much all college football stadiums
the top 15 biggest stadiums in the USA all 15 are college football stadiums the
largest of which being the Michigan Stadium which can hold over a hundred
thousand fans next up is white teeth have you ever wondered why all Americans
seem to have great white teeth it seems for some reason people in the USA are
obsessed with getting the perfect teeth and by perfect I mean white and straight
Americans actually spend more money than any other country to make sure their
teeth are white and straight but despite all the money that's spent on getting
white and straight teeth that does not necessarily mean they're more healthy
for example the British are often mocked for their bad teeth but according to a
Harvard University study British teeth are actually more healthy than American
teeth trust me not all Brits look like Austin Powers
one reason why this may be is because in the UK under-18s can get braces for free
however an America they're very expensive and there's a good reason for
that according to a study by New York mag in the u.s. a GU teeth can be the
difference between getting a second date and not apparently 38% of Americans will
turn someone down for a second date if they have bad teeth and 60% of Americans
say they received someone as smarter if they have straight white teeth next up
is Black Friday if you're not from the USA you may not understand why everyone
goes so crazy on this day every single year Black Friday is the name given to
the day after Thanksgiving which is another American holiday the term Black
Friday came about because of the amount of accidents and sometimes even violence
shoppers create people go crazy for all the deals in the stores and sometimes
they're a riot just to get into ash or Black Friday has expanded to other
countries for example the UK but videos of Black Friday and other countries have
gone viral for different reasons that's because no one really cares about
Black Friday in other countries and shops often only get one or two extra
visitors than on a normal day billions of dollars are spent in the u.s. say
every time Black Friday rolls around but it seems the rest of the world
isn't into it next up is solo cops if you're American this may come as a
surprise but Red Solo cups are seen as a very American thing in movies and TV
shows everyone drinks out of them apart ease and many tourists actually bring
back a Red Solo Cup to their own countries when going to American that's
because it's seen as a piece of American iconography although many Americans
don't realize this in other countries people simply drink from a beer bottles
or glasses but in the USA they use red plastic Solo cups next up is free
refills when I was dining in the USA once a waiter came up to me and said
what do you like me to refill your drink I said no because the drink was kind of
expensive and they looked at me like I was crazy
that's because it is typical in any American restaurant to have a free
refill in other countries you need to pay if you wanted extra drink but not in
the USA in other countries if you pay for one drink that's what you get and
many Europeans say that they find it very weird when they go to the USA and
their glass gets refilled even if they don't ask but personally I love it
I'm never gonna turn down a free drink and finally on the list we have flags
every country has their flag but no one shows off their flag more than the USA
if you drive around the USA it's common to see people flying the American flag
on their home's also many buildings schools and
businesses will have an American flag this is something you don't see in any
other country according to research over a hundred and fifty million American
flags are sold every year and it's not exactly known why people in the USA love
to show their flag off so much worldwide the USA flag is the second most famous
flag after the Union Jack but no other country waives their flag as much as
they do in the US a vote in the poll in the top right corner the most
interesting Colin thing that doesn't exist outside the USA
I think it's spray cheese does I'd really like to try that someday if you
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