The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period in human history that unfolded in the late 18th century, primarily in Britain, before spreading to other parts of the world throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The NetCredit team sourced the price of a basic haircut for both genders in 102 capital cities. The cost of men’s and women’s haircuts in the world differs significantly. Men spend more for a haircut in just 11 of the 102 nations. The most significant gaps are in Africa and some countries of Latin America.
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The United States’ motto is “In God We Trust,” declared by Congress and approved into legislation by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. But each U.S. states have its motto. Sometimes U.S. State mottos can be seen on state flags, seals. Some U.S states formally assigned a state motto by an act of the state legislature.
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The minimum wage in U.S. states varies from $15.20 per hour in D.C. to $8.65 per hour in Florida. The minimum wage is more than 3/4 of the living cost in the bulk of the West Coast and New England. Most of the South and some Mountain states have it the worst, where minimum wage covers about 50% of the living costs.
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Jewish life once ran deep through the cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Within a few decades, most of those communities were gone.
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The ToyZone team wanted to find the most popular children’s books from every nation. It’s no surprise to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the top books from the United Kingdom. But look around the globe, and you might discover some classic works that you had no idea existed.
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Data is getting faster in general. The average mobile download speed rose from 22.81 Mbps to 27.69 Mbps in the 12 month. And 5G promises to deliver speeds over 1 Gigabit per second.
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Overall, children’s literature dominating the first positions in the world. “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint- Exupéry is number one. It currently holds the Guinness record for the most translated author for the same book.
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Gym workouts have been off the cards since the pandemic hit, but that’s due to change as vaccination roll-out hits its stride. In the United Kingdom, membership of The Gym Group rose by 33 percent, from 547 thousand to 729 thousand in the first months of 2021. And consulting company McKinsey prognosticates a 5-10% yearly increase in the wellness business just because we have become more conscious of the delicacy of our well-being.
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China is the world’s most populous nation and the world’s 4th-largest country in the world. The nation has the world’s largest army and the 2nd-largest military budget. In 2010 China’s economy became the the 2nd-wealthiest nation worldwide by nominal GDP and developed to the largest by purchasing power parity in 2014. Today the nation has been described as a potential superpower.
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