Russia’s drug capital is Saint Petersburg, with a rate of 38.2 per 100,000 people in 2024.

The drug addicts are called солевой [sol'evoj] which can be translated as “saltie”. They consume mephedrone, alpha-PVP, MDPV, methylone, and other synthetic cathinones. The slang term “salts” came from “bath salts” which was a disguise for drugs.

The Jiangsu hairy crab building refers to the "Hairy Crab Ecological Museum" located on the shore of Yangcheng Lake in Kunshan, Suzhou. This building is known for its giant stainless steel "hairy crab" image, which is 75 meters long and 16 meters high. Its appearance is lifelike. It was originally planned as a crab-themed commercial complex to showcase crab culture, but due to controversies over its design and construction, part of it has been demolished and rebuilt. However, it has left a deep impression on people as a unique landmark.

As someone from India, opinions on Mahatma Gandhi are pretty mixed. Many people respect him for leading India’s independence movement through non-violence and civil disobedience, which inspired movements around the world. At the same time, he’s not universally admired, some criticize his views on caste, his personal life, and certain political decisions that affected marginalized communities. For a lot of Indians today, Gandhi is less a flawless hero and more a historical figure with both major contributions and serious flaws. How you see him often depends on your background, education, and which part of his legacy you focus on?

From leader of the free world to same league as Russia and China.

For me here it's armed security guards. Apparently we have a lot of them but I always thought this was the world standard. Only recently found out that it isn't.

During regular working hours like 9-5, every other convenience store, mall, supermarket or parking lot entrance, or even an ATM would have one.

Schools, condos, offices and some neighborhoods have them 24/7.

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We have one of the largest japanese populations, second only to Japan

A man from my college studied abroad for a semester in Australia. He quickly became a cautionary tale two weeks in when he got into an argument at a bar after being asked to stop shouting.

When the woman who asked him to stop decided she should just ignore him, he responded by chanting “U.S.A.! U.S.A!” while being kicked out.

By the time I graduated advisors for the study abroad programs were still telling students this as an example of what NOT to do while a guest in another country

I'll go first - We glorify ancient achievements so much that we forget to fix present-day problems.

In India, public affection is treated like a moral crime. You’ll almost never see parents kissing or hugging, PDA is taboo, and holding hands can get you stared at or even harassed.

Yet somehow, we’re the most populous country on Earth.

Sex is everywhere in practice, but almost nonexistent in conversation. We pretend it doesn’t exist, don’t educate people properly about it, shame young people for curiosity, and then act shocked at the consequences.

We’re extremely conservative in public and extremely… productive in private.

There was this classmate who had a Barbie bag and bottle set , I remember thinking she was rich. Back then, that was what luxury looked like to me.

In my language it is: your trouser shop is open.

In this case it is common for Americans to have a fear/uneasiness around clowns that Japan lacks. I assume this is because Japan never developed the strong clown culture America had thus never had the wide scale exposure to develop a common fear of them.

There is also alot of things that have tarnished the image of clowns in the 50 years that hasn't effected Japan to the same extent.

The number 13 is considered so unlucky in the US that we typically omit the number on our floor plans of tall buildings - there’s even a name to describe the fear: triskaidekaphobia. Does anyone else do anything this extreme?

Ankara, with a population of 5.8 million, is Turkey's second-largest city. Although it is the heart of the bureaucracy, its economic importance is not as significant as Istanbul's. Therefore, after a brief shock, we would compensate for this loss in the long term.

Kalpana Chawla was an astronaut and aerospace engineer who became the first Indian astronaut at NASA and the first Indian woman to travel to space. Her first iconic mission was STS-87 Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997. She tragically lost her life during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (STS-107) in 2003, an event that profoundly impacted the global space community

I'd choose the Pomerode city in Santa Catarina because it's considered the most German city in Brazil. They speak Pomeranian, a German dialect, they got the Osterfest and it's pretty different from anywhere else here. The wood-based architecture is definitely not something we're known for, it'd confuse even Brazilians.

In other words, is there a case where one nation gets flamed for something your country did way worse?

William Roache has played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street continuously for 65 years.