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Faux Pas Around the World

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  • Sharing a pear with your loved ones is unlucky.
    Peru
    Taiwan
    Scotland
    Cuba
  • Not finishing your food.  
    USA
    Denmark
    Colombia
    Mexico
  • Not apologising if you and a stranger bump into each other, even if it was not your fault.
    Australia
    Africa
    United Kingdom
    Asia
  • Not closing your umbrella before stepping inside any building
    Luxembourg
    Netherlands
    Iceland
    Denmark
  • Signifying "five" or even "stop" by holding up fivefingers
    Spain
    Iran
    Greece
    Monaco
  • Don’t Wear a Green Hat
    Scotland
    China
    Germany
    Wales
  • Placing a phone call to somebody after 10PM / 22:00
    New Zealand
    Austria
    Finland
    China
  • Not using a knife when eating fish.  Fish should not be broken up with a fork.
    Italy
    Poland
    Chile
    Venezuela
  • It's forbidden to enter a church if you don't have your arms and legscovered by clothes
    South Africa
    Italy
    Canada
    Germany
  • people traditionally consider clinking their glasses/mugs when drinkingbeer as impolite
    Argentina
    U.S.A
    Hungary
    Belgium
  • Blow the nose in public
    Ireland
    France
    Japan
    Kenya
  • Displaying the soles of your feet or touching somebody with your shoes.
    Iraq
    Switzerland
    Russia
    India
  • Sending a New Year's card to someone who suffered a death in the family during the past year.
    Japan
    Thailand
    Pakistan
    Sweden
  • Signifying "stop" with the back of the hand faced towards thelistener with fingers closed
    Canada
    Australia
    USA
    Norway
  • Biting into the piece of bread directly 
    Greece
    France
    Brazil
    Italy