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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 94 points 2 years ago (5 children)

TIL that Icelandic people are never allowed to leave.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No no, they are. But they're not allowed to ever come back.

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 26 points 2 years ago

It's because if they go slightly South, they melt.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's it your going to Iceland

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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I learned that hummingbirds are native to North America and they don’t have them in Europe. That made me sad for all of them over there.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago

Birds in the rest of the world actually bother to learn the lyrics.

[–] smashboy@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Best we can do is hummingbird moths.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Europe doesn't have Sunbirds either.

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

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[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait, did Iceland actually fall for our prank? They believe snakes exist! Next they'll start believing in Australia!

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[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Flat braille: the most useful thing since InAudible, my startup producing audiobooks for deaf people.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Come to Florida and I will show you beautiful things!

Meanwhile, you live in the land of the most beautiful homo sapiens on Earth. So you got that going for you.

Trade experiences and learn?

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(Pssst... don't go to Florida. It's almost certainly a trap)

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I feel sorry for anyone who never gets to see a praying mantis in person. Coolest critter on the planet

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

Yeah but Puffins

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I will never see a hot spring I will never see a land of grass I will never see a volcano I will never see a glacier I will never see a puffin I will never see a lamb

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago

[picture of depressed man looking away from the sky exploding in ribbons of ethereal color]

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

at least he can have all the accidental incest he wants

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

comes with living on a place that is still being birthed out of the planet's interior

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And travelling won't help, anon is blind.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Judging from the photo they glued their eyes shut.

[–] Cringe2793@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's cruel to keep trains in the zoo, they need a lot of space to roam

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago

You can go to a museum and see a taxidermied train there

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[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Their zoo is actually really funny, it has like a donkey and a cow in it.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

will see: volcano

[–] PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ah, the gentle train, truly one of earth's most fascinating creatures

[–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don’t be fooled by those hippy dippy nature shows. A feral train will kill you and everyone you love the moment your back is turned.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They don't have trains in Iceland?

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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

they used to, for certain construction projects (harbor, hydro dam). but none currently, although a passenger light rail has been proposed around their capital

Low population, heavily concentrated in one city, with little heavy industrial activity, coupled with very unforgiving terrain (steep volcanic grades) and even more unforgiving weather (severe frost heaves/thermal fluctuation, huge snow load).

there's just no economic reason to build difficult railways when your entire country is like 300mi across and never moves enough stuff in bulk to need it. including people.

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[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I have see all if these except a praying mantis. What happens then? Enlightenment?

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[–] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Not enough people outside the capital to make it worth it. They have had rail systems built but were later decommissioned. One was built for the building if a harbor but after construction it didn't get much use.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's like 370k people in all of Iceland.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why don't they all live on a train? Are they stupid?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A train barreling through a snowy wasteland? I've seen a documentary about this

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Iceland is very small. It takes about 25 hours to drive around the entire circumference of the country. That, coupled with there being a very small population in general, any train would be empty most of its running hours.

Reykjavik, Iceland biggest city, is super easy to walk. The entire thing. It takes almost no time. You don't need a train if you can get everywhere by foot.

We rented a car while there and experienced zero traffic.

[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Also sections of the country routinely get closed off because the ground is exploding with molten rock, it's much easier to reroute road traffic and maintain infrastructure especially in such complex topography.

[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

they got the little ponies and the northern lights tho that's pretty cool

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Got a lot of nice waterfalls though.

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