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Norway: People
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Norway's got big dinosaurs running around eating people, rabbits, bigfeet and polar bearss, unlike Kenya. Unlike what most people outside of Norway think, polar bears do walk around in towns and cities. This has become so big of a problem in Oslo that they have their own polar bear patrols to keep them at bay. (This ofcourse is an outdated fackt. As of December 1st 2007 Oslo has become the worlds largest prison.) This has been controversial, as many white supremacist sheep farmers argue that brown bears are just as much of a problem as they have been seen to occasionally eat (white) sheep, out in the country.
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Norway had gotten several good results leading up to the Berlin Olympics, including wins against Austria and Hungary. Even so, few people believed Norway would stand a chance in the Olympic tournament, especially since they were scheduled to face the host nation in the second round (if they could get past Turkey in the opener). The match against Turkey went easier than expected, as Norway won 4-0. The next match was against the Germans, who had demolished Luxembourg 9-0 in their opener. It is said that the Norwegians were so sure of defeat that they had booked return tickets to Norway two days after the Germany game. If this is true, the travel arrangements would have had to be altered.
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The people from the Telemark area of Norway have been largely credited with developing skiing into a sport, somewhere in the early 1700's. They invented the Telemark and the Christiana (now known as the Christie) turns as methods of artfully controlling speeds on downhill descents. They were ... quite fond of jumping. Thus, disciplines in both alpine and nordic skiing owe their existence to these early pioneers.
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Iraq is on the verge of finding out whether it will succumb to the curse or defeat it. Norway offers an interesting model for the Iraqis to consider. Assuming things ever calm down, Iraq will decide how to use the nation's oil wealth to benefit its putative owners—the long-suffering Iraqi people. More than a year ago, Steven Clemons of the New America Foundation suggested that Iraq duplicate the Alaska Permanent Fund. Established in the 1970s, the fund guarantees that at least a quarter of all oil revenues received by the state be invested on behalf of the state's hardy residents. It has grown into a huge, highly diversified mutual fund. According to its September 2004 report, the APF has about $28 billion in assets.
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Every year Germans invade Norway in their mobile homes. They drive slow, do not use their rear view mirrors and are of great annoyance to the west-coast-crazy people who are in a hurry. Germans are the only people that can afford to go to Norway. This is only because they bring their own place to live and their own food and therefore don't spend any money in Norway. Food in Norway is expensive. A BigMac menu costs $11, and it's not even supersized.
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Just got word from Shane McConkey that him and some buddies have been Wingsuit Ski BASE jumping over that last week in Norway. They might be the first people ever to do this. Here is some video from Shane's headcam from a jump two days ago.
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