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A good page featuring pictures of many common "foreign" paper notes. A more complete and less biased but limited list can also be found here.
A beautiful source for identifying coins can be found right here. For quicker reference, there is another, smaller list here.
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Area Codes for the US
A helpful chart of all the US area codes for reference. A online listing of them in order of number can be found here, and an excellent site for reverse phone lookup (if necessary) can be found here.
On the Country of Origin of Dog Tags (M-Z)
Note: This is from Wikipedia, the only source I could find with all the information. It is a good quick reference, but discretion is advised.
Malaysia
Malaysian Armed Forces have two identical oval tags with this information:
• NRIC number (The last digit is an odd number for a male soldier, and an even number for a female soldier.)
• Service number
• Full name
• Blood type
• Religion
• Branch (e.g., TLDM)
If more information needed, another two oval wrist tags are provided. The term wrist tags can be used to refer to the bracelet-like wristwatch. The additional tags only need to be worn on the wrist, with the main tags still on the neck. All personnel are allowed to attach a small religious pendant or locket; this makes a quick identifiable reference for their funeral services.
Mexico
A helpful guide in determining the basic types of fibers. Particularly useful if a microscope or good magnifying glass is handy.
Latin & South American Handwriting
Latin and South American handwriting is similar to European handwriting, and as such, can cause confusion. It has confused me more than once.
Latin and South Americans will add a horizontal slash to their 7's.
Typically only Latin Americans will also add said slash to their Z's, mimicking the style of some western Europe countries.
Peruvians will also write their 1's with and extended serif, so that it looks like an upside-down V.
The key between telling a European from a South or Central American is too look for other traits, like these here.
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Putting On and Taking Off Shoes
People do interesting things when they don their shoes. For example, people who lived in Australia or a similar region with alot of venomous insects typically knock their shoes out or check them for any bugs before putting them on. This is due to the fact that in the hot, arid climates, the scorpions and the spiders like to crawl into a nice cool boot. The people just develop the habit to avoid an unfortunate encounter.
Also, when people come to a door mat, pay attention to how they clean their boots. If they stomp alot, they probably grew up somewhere where it does't rain much, and they're mostly concerned with getting the dry dust off. But if they do alot of scraping, they probably grew up in a wetter climate, where the main issue is mud, hence the scraping. Of course, depending on the wether, they will do both. The key is just to pay attention to whichever action seems to be the majority.
Common Regional Handwriting Variations
1 - European style extends serif all the way down and left to the baseline. Somewhat resembles an upside-down V.
2 - Germany and Austria usually “curl” the bottom in order to avoid confusion with Z.
3 - In Taiwan, 3 is often written with a diagonal from top left.
4 - In China, the horizontal bar must always cross, to avoid confusion with characters. Lack of crossing indicates non-Chinese schooling.
5 - In Taiwan, the stem is often extended vertically, so that it almost resembles a Y.
7 - In Western Europe and Australia, 7 is commonly taught with a horizontal slash. In China and Japan, it is more commonly written with an exaggerated top serif, so that the top bar is wavy. Taiwanese sometimes use two slashes, but an exaggerated serif is usually all that is used.
9 - Sometimes, Europeans will extend the vertical bar down and then curve it, so it resembles a ‘g’. South Taiwanese and South Koreans will go the opposite way, so that the curve goes to the right.
p - French will sometimes leave the bottom of the p open, so that it looks like an n with an extended left vertical stroke.
q - Europeans will put a horizontal slash through the tail, while Americans prefer to curl the tail to the right.
s - The long s, which resembles a cursive f, is not commonly used in documents after 1830, and is almost never seen after 1870.
u - In Germany (especially Southern Germany), Austria and Switzerland, u is written with a line above it. This line can be straight or curvy.
J - Germans will often extend the upper horizontal serf down, so that the J almost looks like a backwards B.
S - In Japan, the lower serif is accentuated, so that the tail hooks back down to touch the baseline.
Z - In Western Europe, Z is often written with a horizontal slash through the middle. In Japan, that slash is diagonal, so it’s perpendicular to the original diagonal stroke of the Z. In Poland, it is used to replace the Ż character. The French sometimes write their Z with a curl at the end, so as to distinguish it from a 2.
