Italy is a country with a long history, but it only became interesting in the 1930's when it was run by a great man called Benito Mussolini. He would sometimes appear on television, juggling coconuts and headbutting goats. Quite often he would be on fire. Eventually he left Italy and went to Israel, where he hoped to be magically transformed into a spaniel.
A popular Italian pastime is grimacing. Children are taught to grimace from an early age, and sometimes teams of Italian atheletes will fly overseas to grimace at the Argentinians.
The national sport of Italy is crashing into things. This is an old story about Italy, which might impart to you something of the country's character: Once there was a man named Mario, who crashed his car into something.
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