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American's are known for a lot of things. We're known to have some of the most popular fast-food chains, the biggest movie stars, and the most colorful cereals. But that's just a bit about our culture. We are also known to have a lot of people who will occasionally say some less-than-smart things. But hey, not everyone can be an academic, some people are meant to entertain.

On this Fourth Of July, please allow yourself to be entertained by some of these interesting statements made by your fellow Americans.

British culture may be one of the most intriguing to Americans. In many ways we a very similar. We speak the same language, listen to similar music, even watch many of the same TV series. However, there are a few big traits that remind us that we are not the same. The accent is a big one, as well as our swear words and slang, and our food preferences. Marmite? No thanks, we're good.

Americans are known for a lot of things. Some stereotypes are cool, like how we are known to have the craziest college experiences, fairly good customer service, and unlimited drink refills. These generalizations don't tend to bother anyone. However, there are less flattering ones as well... Unfortunately, Americans don't have the reputation of being the sharpest tools in the shed. Which, of course, is not always true! But after seeing these comments from TikTok, it might help you understand where this stereotype came from.

Americans take many things very seriously, much to the rest of the world's confusion, including but not limited to portion sizes, the American flag, and Halloween. Everywhere else, Halloween lasts one day, people dress up and may or may not go trick-or-treating, and that's about it. But in America, Halloween lasts a month, everything is pumpkin-flavored, and no one understands why. These tweets articulate the rest of the world's confusion with America's go-big-or-go-home attitude when it comes to the spookiest day in the calendar.

Vegemite, the Australian version of Marmite, is an acquired taste, which not everyone has. Australians are very protective of their precious spread and take offense at the way Americans eat it, as they make pretty clear in these tweets. If there's one thing Aussies are passionate about, it's clearly Vegemite. We don't know why, because it's gross...

Apparently most Americans don't know when Brits are being passive aggressive. The polling firm YouGov has found that many US citizens they polled wouldn't notice when British people use dismissive phrases like "with the greatest respect" and "I'll bear that in mind."

Barbara Peacock is a successful photographer from Portland, Oregon. She has recently started a new project where she aims to photograph the hidden and transparent complexities of who Americans are through detailed and intimate portraits taken in the bedrooms across the USA.