Apart from cellophane, the invention of the zipper is a nice example of what happens when Swiss and Americans collaborate. But more on cellophane later. First patented in the United States in 1851, the "pre-zipper"...
The Swiss have googled "Facebook" more than any other word in 2010. The social network site was followed by searches for hYouTube, Google and the words in German and French for weather (Wetter/météo)...
From the perspective of an expat in Switzerland, here is a humorous theory on becoming Swiss. This is based loosely and unashamedly on the Kübler-Ross model of grief...
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