Budget surplus or deficit in European countries (2016)
The difference between national government revenues and expenditures expressed as a percent of the Gross Domestic Product. A positive number
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Where Cattle Outnumber People
In South Dakota, there are nearly four cattle for every person. Nebraska supports over six million head of cattle with just two million residents. Across the Great Plains and Prairie Provinces, a geographic belt exists where bovines genuinely outnumber humans.
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Five large carnivore species still hunt in Europe’s forests and mountains. About 17,000 brown bears live mostly in Scandinavia and the Carpathians, with Romania alone hosting over 6,000. Wolves have reclaimed territory across 31 countries, numbering around 19,000. The two lynx species occupy different niches. Around 9,000 Eurasian lynx inhabit northern and eastern forests, while 1,600 Iberian lynx recovered from near-extinction in Spain and Portugal. Wolverines remain the rarest, with just 1,250 individuals in Scandinavia’s remote north.
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The World’s Top-selling Cars Mapped
While the Ford F-150 pickup truck has been the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. since 1981, Toyota is the most-sold vehicle for the 15th year in a row. Toyota is the most-sold car in 41 nations.
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Where America’s Christmas Trees Actually Grow
wo states grow nearly two-thirds of America’s Christmas trees, but the geography gets even more specific than that. When you zoom into county-level data, a handful of places emerge as the real centers of this seasonal industry.
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The United States of Sitcoms
A sitcom or situational comedy is a genre centered on a bounded group of characters who mainly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms originated in radio but nowadays are found predominantly on television as one of its prevalent narrative forms.
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European countries by monthly net average wage in $USD (2017)
European countries by monthly net average wage in $USD, adjusted to purchasing power parity. jamesw67 European contries by monthly net
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Global Wind Atlas
The Global Wind Atlas maps wind power density across the world. See where atmospheric currents race at 50 mph (80.47 km/h) every single day, and where air barely whispers at 3.5 mph (5.63 km/h).
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Largest Cities Throughout History
Where do 42 million people live together? The answer might surprise you. Today’s largest city isn’t where most people expect, and the journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern megacities shows how empires, trade routes, and industrial revolutions reshaped where humans chose to live.
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Map of most advanced education degrees of American Governors and Canadian First Ministers
SaxManSteve The most popular advanced education degrees among the American Governors and Canadian First Ministers: • Law – 25 states/provinces
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