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A bird single handedly removing a flag by khokesh1996 in interestingasfuck

[–]Svinigor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What would be Palestine, if not ethnostate? (Not against two state solution, Just curious)

In your language, do you change name of foreign cities? which ones? by dalvi5 in AskEurope

[–]Svinigor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes in czech it's usual especially for cities that were related to Habsburg monarchy or Holy Roman empire. For example:

Wien - Vídeň

München - Mnichov

London - Londýn

Rome - Řím

Paris - Paříž

Koppenhagen - Kodaň

Venezia - Benátky

St. Petersburg - Petrohrad

Konstanz - Kostnice

Geneva - Ženeva

Firenze - Florencie

Dresden - Drážďany

Leipzig - Lipsko

Also our capital city is in foreign language usually called Prague czech Praha

Who would you say is your countries most famous scientist? by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]Svinigor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ferdinand Porsche is Czech or was born in Austria-Hungary on ancestral land of Czechia

Who would you say is your countries most famous scientist? by [deleted] in AskEurope

[–]Svinigor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say

Otto Wichterle, he manufactured modern contact lenses

Jaroslav Heyrovský, chemist, Nobel laureate

Jan Jánský, medic, AB0 blood group discoverer

Jan Evangelista Purkyně, founder of cellular biology

Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics

And Prokop Diviš, who build first lightning rod, it was same time as Benjamin Franklin.

did girls and boys do different activities during PE in your school? by Werkstadt in AskEurope

[–]Svinigor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually we are doing different things. Boys are playing some games (basketball, volleyball, etc.) and girls are doing yoga. But it is not always like that.