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Austria-Hungary 

An empire which existed from 1867 to 1918. It was created in 1867 after the Austrian Empire collapsed due to a Hungarian revolt and a compromise was reached to give the Hungarians equal power in the empire. The empire was made up of two roughly equal halves, the Austrian, mostly German speaking half, and the Hungarian, mostly Hungarian speaking half. The empire was plagued by tensions throughout its entire existence. It had a longstanding rivalry with the Russian Empire and the two often engaged in proxy wars in the Balkans. When the Ottoman Empire lost the Balkan war and its control over the Balkans, Austria-Hungary seized the opportunity and occupied Bosnia, which upset the Russians even more. In 1910, the empire annexed Bosnia, which upset Russia and Serbia, because Bosnia had many ethnic Serbs in it. Ethnic tensions soon began erupting in the empire, and it was on the verge of total collapse. Serbia hoped to destabilized the empire and acquire its Balkan lands, so it organized an assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary then declared war on Serbia, Germany joined the war on Austria's side, but Russia and France joined the war on Serbia's side. Long story short, the war was a total disaster for the empire, and on top of that, the empire's ethnic minorities began revolting.
The empire basically came to a crashing and chaotic end in 1918 after its ethnic minorities took control of the most of the empire. The empire was then forced to pull out of World War I. In the subsequent peace treaties a year later, it was dismantled, but it had in reality already collapsed.

Often, the demise of Austria-Hungary is incorrectly attributed to World War I. The war itself, nor the peace treaties really dismantled the empire. The empire was already on the verge of collapse even before the war. The Empire started the war because they knew winning it was their only shot at being strong enough to hold their empire together. The Empire's demise was really because it was ethnically diverse and nationalism grew in those ethnic minorities, who were upset at the Germans and Hungarians dominating the empire.

Austria Hungary 

An Empire that existed over a hundred years ago. It formed in 1867 at the collapse of the Austrian Empire and collapsed due to ethnic tensions in World War I in 1918. In consisted of the Austrian half of the empire, which was mostly German speaking, and the predominately Hungarian speaking half of the empire. It is often called "The Dual Monarchy" because of it's Austrian royals and Hungarian royals. It was a European powerhouse which was a key player in European politics in the late 19th century. In the early 1900's, the empire annexed Bosnia which had a high population of ethnic Serbs. This led to tensions with Serbia, which led to World War I, during which the empire collapsed due to internal revolutions by the empire's ethnic minorities. Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary were created from the empire's territories, while Poland, Romania, Italy, and Yugoslavia gained lands from the collapse of the empire. The empire was doomed to failure from the moment it was created because of the many ethnic groups in constant struggle for representation. The empire's collapse is often incorrectly attributed to World War I, but it really collapsed due to internal revolts which the empire, already weak from war, could not defeat. The war, if anything, accelerated the demise of the empire, it didn't cause it.
Austria Hungary was a European powerhouse, but due to its ethnically diverse nature, it was doomed from the moment it was born

13th birthday

Basically the day you lose your childhood innocence. You become to old to have fun and people start expecting shit from you. You become a teenager. Your parents realize you’re not their precious baby anymore so their tone towards you changes. You turn from a kid to a teenager. Your 13th birthday is the day you lose your childhood and start getting treated like a grown up. To all you twelve year olds, trust me, it’s not that great, all of us 13+ kids would love to go back to our childhood.
Your 13th birthday is the end of your childhood and the fun and innocence goes right away with it.
Something I am because I’m an unmarried Christian male.
I’m a Virgin because I’m religiously prohibited from engaging in premarital sex.

Premarital Sex

Sex before marriage. Most religious people are not permitted to engage in it, but most of them do anyways. Some people say it's fun, others say it's immoral. It's considered a grave sin in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In some countries, it is punishable by death (Primarily muslim countries) but in most developed countries, it's perfectly legal.
James: I waited until marriage to have sex, so as soon as my wife saw how small my dick was, she divorced me

Joe: Damn dude, why didn't you just show her?

James: I'm a Christian and we can't have premarital sex

Trucker Mother Fucker

A truck driver who drives aggressively or stupidly on the road, putting other motorists at major risk. This risk is due to the trucks' extreme size.

The phrase can be used as a substitute for "asshole" when referring to a truck driver who is driving dangerously.
Holy shit, this trucker mother fucker ran a red light and almost hit me

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 

The treaty signed in 1848 that brought an end to the Mexican American War. This treaty liquidated the Mexican Empire, which was forced to give up 60% of its territory.

Texas, Alta California, and Arizona were ceded to America. America was also given partial control over a part of Panama, where it intended to build a canal.

British Honduras (now Belize) and Mosquito Coast (now parts of Nicaragua and Honduras) were ceded back to the British Empire, who had previously lost those territories to Mexico.

Parts of Northern Mexico were put into the sphere of influence of America and Napoleon's France.

Mexico recognized the independence of Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Yucatan.

Mexico recognized British sphere of influence over the Yucatan state, and recognized American influence over the remaining independent states.

Mexico was forced to demilitarize its northern provinces.

America, France, and Britain were permitted to have armies in Mexico city.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo took down the Mexican Empire. Mexico later refused terms of the treaty and took up arms again, which ended the French and American spheres of influence over Mexico, recognized full Mexican sovereignty over Yucatan, and revoked all limitations on the Mexican military. The second treaty restored Mexican territorial integrity, whilst still leaving Central America dominated by the British and Americans.