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The first time I went to Spain I learned that they used a different set of playing cards (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, up until the '50s they didn't even speak the same language... every region had their own language (Italians call them "dialect", but they're in fact different langauges). Then television came and unified the language (standard Italian is just the dialect of Tuscany).

Italy is a very young country. Sure, the Ancient Romans unified the whole Europe, but Italy has only became a nation in 1861. Pretty young country if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I like the story of mid-1800s crowds shouting "viva L’Italia!" and half the crowd wondering "who is Talia? Garibaldi's wife?"