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Monday, 17 January 2011

Dude, get a passport. It is cool.


Okay, random, but quite astonishing fact: Only about 20% of the Americans own passports.

Yeah, I’ll let that sink in. Can you believe it? Seriously, nowadays, over here in Europe , most people own passports. Okay, maybe not a farmer in the mountains of France, but most people have left their own country. They even do it regularly. Leave the country a few times a year. With car, plane or by foot. So the fact that only 20% of Americans own passports is unbelievable for me. That is like 6 students in a class of 30. (My math skills are underappreciated)

If you find it interesting, read this article about why Americans don’t see the need to leave the country.

It makes me wonder: Do YOU own a passport?

Just for the sake of it: I do not read random boring wikipedia articles, I'm not THAT much of a lifeless nerd, but someone said it on Bones, and I had to check it out ^^

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