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Have you ever heard anything peculiar about Switzerland that you found interesting?

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Did you know that it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig in Switzerland? Have you ever heard of the Swiss sport of Hornussen? Is the story about the diplomat who was surprised to find the mummy of his great-grandfather in Egypt true?

Every Saturday we publish an article on quirky topics about Switzerland in our weekly briefing.

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The following contribution has been automatically translated from DE.

Last night an Australian told me in the pub that there are kangaroos living in the wild in Switzerland. When I didn't believe him and used the Duckduckgo search engine to prove the opposite, he told me that a very trustworthy man in Berlin had told him!

Gestern Abend erzaehlte mir ein Australier im Pub,es gaebe in der Schweiz auch freilebende Kanguruhs. Als ich ihm das nicht glaubte und mit der Suchmaschine Duckduckgo das Gegenteil bewies, erklaerte er mir das haette ihm ein sehr vertrauenswuerdiger Mann in Berlin erzaehlt!

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