It's funny how some things in the world are different in a way that you can't easily predict. For example, despite knowing a few Americans and working with them every day, today I discovered that electric kettles (of which there is at least one in every house in the UK) are pretty rare in the US. Why this is God only knows, but you can check out this Amazon review to see their reactions to a kettle that turns off when the water has boiled, and so on. It's quite sweet.