Bombs in Your Backyard
The military spends more than a billion dollars a year to clean up sites its operations have contaminated with toxic
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United States
Maps of the US
New France Mapped
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period initiating with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and finishing with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763.
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Louisiana purchase mapped
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the U.S. from France in 1803. In return for 15 million dollars (~$18 per square mile), the U.S.obtained 828 thousand square miles or 2.14 million square kilometers. But, in reality, before purchase France only controlled a small part of this territory, mostly inhabited by Native Americans.
Read MoreGrowth of United States (1776 – 1853)
Within filly years the United States grew from a relatively small republic centering on the Atlantic seaboard to a continental
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Percent of U.S. owner occupied housing value >500k
metricmaps Percent of U.S. owner-occupied housing value >500k by State: 1. Hawaii – 51.8% 2. Washington D.C. – 47.0% 3.California
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Cattle vs people
Metricmaps In the central states of the United States and Canadian provinces, the livestock population is larger than the population
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Christmas Tree Production by U.S. county
Cut Christmas trees acres in production by US county. Source: www.metricmaps.com Most New Year trees are grown in Clackamas County
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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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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
Read MoreSolar and wind power potential of the U.S.
The solar power potential of the U.S. Annual average solar resource data are shown for a tilt = latitude collector.
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