What is something that began in the USA and spread around the world?

I  meant arguing about football. My only point was that it has spread outside the US to other parts of the world, not to any specific extent. Which parts and to what extent are irrelevant.

Does 70 teams in 7 Australian states mean anything to you?

A lot of Australians are diehard followers of the NFL. Even with the time difference, many have no problem waking up in the early hours of 3 A.M on Mondays and tuning in to ESPN to watch the NFL RedZone.

A major NFL deal with Tabcorp, an Australian Gaming giant, has opened the sport to more Australians. They can now watch the NFL games live while wagering on overall results and live betting.

Gridiron Australia is the Aussie version of the American Football League that is gaining traction with 70 teams from 7 states. All these combined with a long history of legal gambling dating in 1980. The America Football League is a hot market for the Australian bookies, whether online or off.

https://totalpackers.com/2020/06/countries-american-football-league/

This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at October 29, 2021 11:16 AM MDT

Don't know where you're getting your information from, we don't HAVE 7 states. Only 6.

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The link is there. Seventy football teams doesn't sound insignificant to me.

 

  Furthermore Further bolstering your point, in Canada, they even have a version that is known as Canadian Rules Football. 
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This post was edited by Randy D at October 29, 2021 11:02 PM MDT

Furthermore Further bolstering...

Read and learn!

https://totalpackers.com/2020/06/countries-american-football-league/

A lot of Australians are diehard followers of the NFL. Even with the time difference, many have no problem waking up in the early hours of 3 A.M on Mondays and tuning in to ESPN to watch the NFL RedZone.

A major NFL deal with Tabcorp, an Australian Gaming giant, has opened the sport to more Australians. They can now watch the NFL games live while wagering on overall results and live betting.

Gridiron Australia is the Aussie version of the American Football League that is gaining traction with 70 teams from 7 states. All these combined with a long history of legal gambling dating to 1980. The America Football League is a hot market for the Australian bookies, whether online or off.

This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at October 29, 2021 12:57 PM MDT

Lots of apple varieties as well: Empire, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, McIntosh, and others. Not to mention, of course, good old apple pie.

Granny Smiths are Australian.

Didn't know that, thanks. I guess Google could be wrong as well. It's on their list of US apple varieties.

Maria Ann "Granny" Smith propagated the cultivar in her Sydney orchard from a chance seedling, thought have occurred when a European wild apple blossom was pollenised by a domestic one.
Like another Aussie, the macadamia nut, they were brought from Australia to the US in the late 19th century. Macadmias are grown mostly in Hawaii, Grannies are grown just about everywhere.  This post was edited by Slartibartfast at October 27, 2021 10:13 PM MDT

I wasn't trying to contradict you, but thanks for the history.

 

  Gee, Google can be wrong and you acknowledge it? Don’t be so quick to try sending me to it for verifying your wild goose chases. I’ve never bent to that before, and now I especially won’t bend to it based on the discovery of its impotence. 

It happens once in a great while. Just the exception that proves the rule.

Playboy International Randolph  and his randomly local tildes. This post was edited by Kittigate at October 28, 2021 4:27 PM MDT

Randolf Randolph. And if he doesn't use protection, who knows where all those tildes might wind up?

No more popular than American football.