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Siestas aren’t just a Spanish thing. From Europe to Asia to Latin America, some places still make time for a midday rest. This map highlights where the tradition lives on, and why it makes sense in many parts of the world.
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Want to see how France’s borders evolved, why it borders Brazil, or where people say “chocolatine”? These 16 carefully selected maps show how geography, history, and identity intersect across the country and beyond.
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You might know the official names of European capitals, but do you know what locals actually call them? This map of Europe shows the real nicknames residents use
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Across Europe, the way windows open varies more than you’d think. This map explores how local climate, customs, and building styles shape a surprising part of everyday life.
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Learn why some countries don’t recognize January 1 as a public holiday, along with intriguing New Year’s traditions from around the world.
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A regional journey through Greek surname endings—(-akis, -opoulos, -oglou, and more)—mapped geographically with data from historical linguistics and modern patterns.
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New data reveals surprising patterns of book bans in American schools, with some states removing thousands of titles while others maintain open access. Here’s what’s happening state by state.
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Around the world, there are mythical creatures meant to scare children into doing the right thing and behaving well. However, often they become the subject of terrifying nightmares. The Boogeyman. Krampus. Ninki Nanka. These frightening creatures are found all over the world, where they are available to enforce discipline when necessary.
Read MoreAccording to survey data, Americans typically eat dinner between 5:07 PM and 8:19 PM, with peak dinner time at 6:19 PM. Pennsylvania and Vermont have the earliest dinners, at 5:37 PM and 5:40 PM, respectively. The District of Columbia has the latest dinner at 7:10 PM.
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Goodreads is social media for bookworms: a site where 125 million bibliophiles meet to boost slate or ‘meh’ their latest reading project. Bookworms have “shelved” 3.5 billion books globally, which is a lot to sift through to find a read that is not just first-rate but just your taste.
With BookCrossing, your options are narrowed. Some 2 million readers have found or collected over 14,105,640 pass-me-down paper books in public, tracking each particular book object’s story through a special code attached to each one. Serendipity plays a more significant role here. You can chase for a book you know has been left, but more probably, your affinity with it will begin when you stumble upon it on a bus seat or in a British telephone booth.
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