America’s Green Card Lottery Began as a Favor to Ireland
How the Diversity Visa program started, who actually wins it today.
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Which Cities Have the Highest Homicide Rates?
Colima, Mexico, leads a list of 49 cities at 181.94 homicides per 100,000 residents.
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Mainline Protestant Population by State and County
Nelson County, North Dakota recorded the highest Mainline Protestant share of any US county in 2020, at 69.45 percent. The next nine counties on the list are in North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota.
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Which Countries Eat the Most Butter Per Person?
From Denmark’s 8.55 kg (18.8 lb) a head to India’s 4,976 kt total, here is who eats the most butter, why, and what research says about it.
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Remoteness of Australia
Five remoteness classes cover Australia, and 73% of residents live in Major Cities. The dry centre is empty because of climate, and the rainy north because of cyclones, poor soils and distance.
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The Byzantine Empire at its Heyday (1025AD)
Basil II died in December 1025 while planning to retake Sicily. The empire he left behind reached from southern Italy to the Caucasus.
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Map of Europe in 600 AD
A Roman monk was working on a pagan king in Kent while Avars and Slavs pressed the Byzantine frontier. A quick look at Europe in 600 AD.
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Which Languages Do Europeans Speak Besides Their Own?
Nearly half of EU residents speak English as a foreign language, while the other major languages stay close to home.
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San Francisco has the third-oldest housing of the 100 largest U.S. counties. A parcel-level map by Danny Yang shows where the oldest buildings are.
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The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in China, covering about 92 per cent of its mainland population. Other
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Orthodox Christian Population by County and State
Eight of the ten US counties with the highest Orthodox Christian share in 2020 are in Alaska, led by Lake and Peninsula Borough at 44.92 percent. Davidson County, Tennessee and Lake County, Indiana complete the list.
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Ludacris’s Area Codes Song, Mapped Across the U.S.
Ludacris named 43 U.S. area codes in his 2001 hit. Mapped out, they follow the East Coast and the South, with six in the Far West and none in the Rocky Mountain states.
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A kilowatt-hour costs about four times more in Hawaii than in Nevada, and prices moved in different directions this year.
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