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Most impactful small country in world history?

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the furth...
fishy station
  07/28/26
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talented french cuckoldry market
  07/28/26
Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TE...
fishy station
  07/28/26
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talented french cuckoldry market
  07/28/26
pop music?
Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke
  07/28/26
ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by T...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essen...
Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke
  07/28/26
Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branc...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Wrong! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music
Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke
  07/28/26
yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Spain
Floppy khaki pisswyrm nursing home
  07/28/26
To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here
fishy station
  07/28/26
Vatican
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180 corner
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netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it a...
Grizzly electric psychic crotch
  07/28/26
Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They...
fishy station
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Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke
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sick chocolate fanboi
  07/28/26
Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has inven...
splenetic black lettuce
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Ruddy adventurous affirmative action alpha
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Orchid double fault corn cake
  07/28/26
Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capi...
Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke
  07/28/26
o7s in the chat for the Dutch.
fishy station
  07/28/26
Someone said Netherlands above
sick chocolate fanboi
  07/28/26
yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you bac...
glassy infuriating philosopher-king piazza
  07/28/26
The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Swit...
fishy station
  07/28/26
How is this an example of irony?
sooty stag film main people
  07/28/26
he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and cu...
fishy station
  07/28/26
if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i b...
Trip Stead
  07/28/26
they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle ...
fishy station
  07/28/26
i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they ...
Trip Stead
  07/28/26
whom did they damage
fishy station
  07/28/26
the us
Trip Stead
  07/28/26
They’re literally actively engaged in what has been ju...
180 corner
  07/28/26
Oh no, not the brown clowns!
fishy station
  07/28/26
Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a...
sick chocolate fanboi
  07/28/26
They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.
fishy station
  07/28/26
If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny pe...
Ruddy adventurous affirmative action alpha
  07/28/26
Greece
Opaque Curious Legend
  07/28/26
yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at ...
fishy station
  07/28/26
In terms of XO content, probably Andorra
swashbuckling ocher ticket booth black woman
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talented french cuckoldry market
  07/28/26
eastern point of view, hong kong.
translucent ungodly police squad
  07/28/26
can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian histor...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Venice
hairless exciting location
  07/28/26
Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.
fishy station
  07/28/26
Denmark if it counts DUH
stirring theater stage
  07/28/26
Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white...
stirring theater stage
  07/28/26
what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the w...
fishy station
  07/28/26
If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bu...
splenetic black lettuce
  07/28/26
100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland i...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.
aromatic library dog poop
  07/28/26
It's too yuge to qualify
fishy station
  07/28/26
And Sweden isn't? huh?
aromatic library dog poop
  07/28/26
UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth
fishy station
  07/28/26
Vatican City
Ultramarine senate
  07/28/26
Post 1500, though? Probably not...
fishy station
  07/28/26
Macedonia
galvanic avocado love of her life clown
  07/28/26
culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music...
light razzmatazz garrison striped hyena
  07/28/26
Strongman competitions
fishy station
  07/28/26
Israel and it isn’t close
Exhilarant sneaky criminal
  07/28/26


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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: fishy station

My two nominees are Portugal and Sweden. Obviously the further you go back Portugal takes it with the whole Age of Exploration shit. But Sweden invented Zyn, pop music, furniture, matches that don't explode, and file sharing. It's gotta be close!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:25 AM
Author: talented french cuckoldry market



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:28 AM
Author: fishy station

Forgot Portugal gave the world cans of sardines. Although TECHNICALLY a French invention.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029500)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:39 AM
Author: talented french cuckoldry market



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:29 AM
Author: Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke

pop music?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029504)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: fishy station

ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn, and virtually every major hit by Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, and The Weeknd were written by a Swede. Country with 10 million people account for a massive percentage of American pop music. In deference to Norway, they wrote most of Rhianna's bangers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029513)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke

Pop music existed before ABBA. Christ, the Beatles are essentially a pop band

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029518)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: fishy station

Not really though. The Beatles were a Skiffle act that branched out into Rock n Roll. Bubble gum pop as we know it is a product of the nineteen hundred and nineties. it's not even disputable. The Mall would not be the Same without Scandinavians.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029530)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke

Wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_music

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029546)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:45 AM
Author: fishy station

yeah I obviously wasn't talking about the Brill Building era but the widely repurposed namesake for the type of Britney/Xtina garbage we grew up on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029552)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:36 AM
Author: Floppy khaki pisswyrm nursing home

Spain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029514)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: fishy station

To big fam but obviously Spain and Italy mog here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029515)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Orchid double fault corn cake

Vatican

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029519)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Ultramarine senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030420)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:39 PM
Author: 180 corner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030483)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Grizzly electric psychic crotch

netherlands basically invented modern glocap and spread it across the planet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029520)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: fishy station

Twice the population of Sweden/Portugal but fair point. They also invented Protestantism as we know it. They were the first to refute Predestination while still maintaining a lot of Calvin's Reformed Theology.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029535)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: sick chocolate fanboi



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:41 PM
Author: splenetic black lettuce

Netherlands and Portugaul are good answers. Sweden has invented some interesting things, but hasn't really moved the needle on world history in the same way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030358)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: Ruddy adventurous affirmative action alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030382)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: Orchid double fault corn cake



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030394)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: Supple bawdyhouse yarmulke

Don't sleep on the Dutch. Very important in the rise of capitalism and they had an overseas empire as well. They also played a major role in Europe (revolt against the Hapsburgs, sitting on the throne of England and the Glorious Revolution, etc.) starting around 16th century that Portugal really did not have.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029536)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:42 AM
Author: fishy station

o7s in the chat for the Dutch.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029541)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: sick chocolate fanboi

Someone said Netherlands above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029545)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: glassy infuriating philosopher-king piazza

yes the whole trend of couches/chairs/beds that give you backaches and the frame cracks after a few months, while putting ppl who made actual high quality shit out of business was a very impactful movement. good job sweden. you deserve every last muslim you wave in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029544)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:43 AM
Author: fishy station

The irony is that the founder lived most of his life in Switzerland for tax purposes LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029547)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: sooty stag film main people

How is this an example of irony?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029558)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: fishy station

he built his business on the back of Swedish heritage and culture and then moved to a tax haven so he wouldn't have to pay back into it ig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029586)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Trip Stead

if youre including impactful in negative ways its israel i believe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029557)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: fishy station

they don't have a long enough track record. Also the DEagle did not meaningfully change the world despite what some fans of CounterStrike might have you believe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029563)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Trip Stead

i have no idea what youre trying to say. year for year they have done massive damage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029566)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:54 AM
Author: fishy station

whom did they damage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029572)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Trip Stead

the us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029576)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: 180 corner

They’re literally actively engaged in what has been judicially determined to be a genocide as we speak.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030486)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: fishy station

Oh no, not the brown clowns!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030493)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: sick chocolate fanboi

Well if you assume Israel = Jews, then my God do they have a negative track record on the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029583)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:00 PM
Author: fishy station

They only did shit to brownoids and the economy. NBD.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029588)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: Ruddy adventurous affirmative action alpha

If we're counting Judea over time it becomes hard to deny period.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030496)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Opaque Curious Legend

Greece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029562)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: fishy station

yeah that's a good one. although how small was it really at the height of it's power? It was like a huge empire. It's only small w/r/t today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029565)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: swashbuckling ocher ticket booth black woman

In terms of XO content, probably Andorra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029567)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:53 AM
Author: talented french cuckoldry market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029568)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: translucent ungodly police squad

eastern point of view, hong kong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029575)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: fishy station

can you elaborate more? I don't know shit about Asian history. What all did HK do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50029592)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: hairless exciting location

Venice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030351)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: fishy station

Pre 1700 definitely. Less so post 1800.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030427)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: stirring theater stage

Denmark if it counts DUH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030361)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: fishy station

Explain some of their achievements besides whatever the fuck is an æbleskive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030424)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:01 PM
Author: stirring theater stage

Basically conquered England multiple times and guarded white civilization at critical times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030843)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:09 PM
Author: fishy station

what was like their biggest battle they won to protect the world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030851)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 4:53 PM
Author: splenetic black lettuce

If we're going pound for pound champ, it's England with a bullet. They're on a small island. Their population is about 1/6 of the US, less than 1/20 of India and China. And despite that, they are the undisputed POTUS and driving force of world history, civilization, commerce, and industry from, let's say, 1588 (defeat of the Spanish Armada) until they decided to give it all up circa 1945.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030381)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:12 PM
Author: fishy station

100% Agree however for purposes of this exercise Nederland is the maximum size. But no disagreement in general.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030432)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:18 PM
Author: aromatic library dog poop

Yeah this is the answer, lol at the other answers ITT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030449)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: fishy station

It's too yuge to qualify

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030478)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: aromatic library dog poop

And Sweden isn't? huh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030489)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: fishy station

UK has 7 times the population of the Kingdom of Sweden hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030494)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:08 PM
Author: Ultramarine senate

Vatican City

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030419)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:10 PM
Author: fishy station

Post 1500, though? Probably not...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030425)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: galvanic avocado love of her life clown

Macedonia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030450)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: light razzmatazz garrison striped hyena

culturally, iceland. from the old sagas to modern pop music. all from a tiny population on a frigid island.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030491)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: fishy station

Strongman competitions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030495)



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Date: July 28th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Exhilarant sneaky criminal

Israel and it isn’t close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5887034&forum_id=2�id.#50030857)