United States

Maps of the US

Internet

The Most Uniquely Popular Word on Each Country’s Wikipedia Page Mapped

Every country’s Wikipedia page is filled with important information detailing the nation’s economy, culture, and geography. Still, the world continues to read and represent itself on Wikipedia. There are 27 countries with hundreds of millions of monthly page views each (the U.S. and Japan are top, with three and one billion, respectively). Even in China, where Chinese-language Wikipedia is banned, the website counts over three million monthly hits.

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Cultural cartography

Books Around America: Find the Books Set Nearest to You

You can travel our entire world, and infinite others, through books. Better still, an excellent novel supplies an erudite tour guide and a caravan of colorful characters to accompany you along the way. Apply this theory to your hometown, and you can delve even more profound. Peel back the layers of what could or what absolutely shouldn’t happen behind the closed doors of your neighbors, and you’ll see, hear, and smell your neighborhood anew.

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Health

The Most Stressed U.S. States and Cities

The American Psychological Association declared that 41 percent of American adults say their stress levels have risen since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic 2 years earlier. Post-pandemic economic consequences and the invasion of Ukraine are among the factors affecting a population still sensitive from years of living in “survival mode.”

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Job

The US and UK Cities With the Worst Co-Workers

While companies strive harder than ever before to employ people that fit their enterprise culture, new coworkers can still disrupt team dynamics with their behavior. In more extreme situations, a co-worker’s toxic behaviour can destroy morale, decline productivity, and increase conflicts in the workplace. It can make life very painful for colleagues who work with these people, as they cannot control who they work with.

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Transport

The U.S. states and cities with the worst drivers

Everyone who has been driving long enough has felt like the lone wise driver in an ocean of freaks. In one research confirming our tendency to overestimate our own driving skill, 70.1% of drivers declared that they were better-than-average drivers – a statistical improbability. While it is easy to understand why most motorists may observe themselves as above average, it is less easy to figure out if they are correct.

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