In the preponderance of countries, improvements in employee relationships have seen the initiation of legal agreements for minimum employee leave from work (paid vacation and public holidays).
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Camouflage applies color and materials to military objects to hide them from observation. Camouflage material may have a single color, or it may have some likewise painted patches mixed. The primary purpose for using this variety of patterns is that it is visually disruptive.
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Most languages of Europe belong to the Indo-European language family. Out of a total population of 740 million, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language. 5 languages have more than 50 million native speakers in Europe: Russian, German, French, Italian, and English
Read MoreThe history of Africa starts with the appearance of archaic humans at least 200,000 years ago in East Africa. It continues uninterrupted into today as a patchwork of diverse and developing nation-states. The oldest known states in Africa are the Kingdom of Kush, Ancient Egypt, the Sahel, and the Maghreb.
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The sea level has increased 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 inches) in the latest 100 years. The process of raising the water level of the world’s oceans continues. If all the ice on our planet were to melt, the sea level would rise about 70 m (230 ft).
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Today almost 8 billion people live on our planet. Half the world’s population lives in 7 countries: China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, and Nigeria. More than half of the world’s population nowadays residing in urban areas.
Read MoreAfrica is the second-largest and second-most-populous continent on our planet. About 30.3 million km2 (11.7 mln sq mi), including adjacent islands, covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population.
Read MoreThe Mississippi has the 4th largest basin globally and ranks as the 4th longest river and 15th biggest river by the volumetric flow rate of water on the planet.
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The British Empire was the most extensive empire by area. The area of the empire at its territorial peak was 35.5 million square kilometers (13.7 million square miles). British Empire has invaded about 90% of the countries around the earth.
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Almost 500 tonnes of meteoritic wreckage fall to the planet each day, much of it as little cosmic dust and micrometeorites that sink into the ocean. About 500 meteorites of moderate size would strike our planet’s surface each year, of which 150 would fall on the landmass, and less than ten would be found.
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