Game: Name a fun fact about where you're from and others will try to guess where that is

Every easter, we go from door to door and beat girl's backs with a whip made of braided rods. They give us sweets and alcohol for exchange.

Slartibartfast won an award for something that is literally right outside my bedroom window.

We had the highest sheep:human ratio of any country. I think we still do, but I'm not sure.

If there's water to be manipulated in a way to either keep it out, or to make land appear where water once was, they are going to hire people from here.

It's probably one of the best countries to live in but also comes with a big tradeoff in the form of a bad climate. People keep to themselves and avoid interacting with strangers. We're also known for being quiet, humble and honest.

There's a word coined in this town's specific dialect that means "catty corner, kitty corner, or diagonal".

Hint: the first two syllables of that word are "anti", though the "t" is not a full fricative stop.

Nice try fed won't get my location that easily

We lost a land war against birds.

we've been the cause of two world wars

We have two animals on our coat of arms neither of which can walk backwards.

We have a 1/2 scale copy of the Leaning Tower of Pisa

I can go regular skiing on snow and water skiing on the ocean in the same day.

We have a small desert with cactii in a region that has snow 6 months, extreme cold for 2 months of the year.

Despite New being in the name of it, the “old” place was named many years after.

We allow a marmot to predict our weather.

We have a local legend who plays bagpipes while riding a unicycle

Small children are taught to be afraid of the devil, but not THE Devil (in the US).

One of our sports teams shocked the world in 2016 by doing the impossible.

The team in question wasn't the Tigers.

We don't call them steamed hams.

We have scammers

We've got one of the oldest, largest, and most used transit systems in the world.

Potpie is a soup, not a pie.

When I lived there, it was the city with the most parkland per capita in the US.

I’ve got a few but I’ll go with:

The Guinness World Record Largest Open Sandwich; It was a barbecue pork bun (as of July 2010; dunno if the record still stands)

I'm from an area where we have a specific night of the year called "Devil's night". Easily googlable, but it's interesting that I didn't realize that few other areas seem to call it that from what I can tell?

Our first ever ruler from when we became an independent nation was known to carry pieces of roasted chicken in his suit pockets to sneak in snacks during the day.

A century ago, we had a disaster caused by a tsunami of molasses 25 ft high, going 35 mph

In the city where I live there are two train stations, next to each other, and with different track gauges.

It has Asia's largest saltwater lake

The church I grew up attending was built in 1727

A song from my country is used in Hollywood, in instrumental form, as an exotic romantic dance. It's actually, according to the lyrics, about a gambling addict comparing his horse race obsession with the intense nature of his romantic infatuations.

Edit: come on! No takers?

The first airplane was flown here.

My hometown was most notable for a husband and wife serial killer pair who preyed on young girls in the area. This one will be easy to guess.

My city has the most strip clubs per capita in the USA