The World’s Biggest Tea Drinking Nations
Turkey, Ireland, the UK, Iran, and Russia are the world’s biggest tea drinkers. Turkey is the largest tea-consuming country in
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Maps of world
Map of all of the surface of Earth. Maps of continents, countries, regions, and cities.
The Skin, Hair and Eye Colour of Current Heads of Government
Skin Colour of Current Heads of Government The Hair Color of Our World Leaders Eye Colour of current Head of
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Map of gold production by country
China, Australia, Russia, the United States, South Africa and Canada are responsible for nearly half of gold production in the
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Areal Distortions of Global Map Projections
MercatorA cylindrical map projection presented in 1569 by the Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator. It became the standard map projection for
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All the places where the Centers for Disease Control says you can’t drink the water
Key facts: Only 3 percent of the Earth’s water can be used as drinking water. Less than 25 percent of
Read More5 human activities you can see from space
Satellites have been watching us for 40 years. Here’s what their images reveal. Since 1972, a posse of satellites has
Read MoreThe Community of Portuguese Language Countries
With approximately 217 million native speakers and 250 million total speakers, Portuguese is usually listed as the 6th most natively
Read MoreGlobal school rankings 2015
Ghana has the lowest enrolment rate in secondary school (46 percent) and also the lowest eachievement levels for those 15-year-olds
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Cousin Marriage Around the World
Roughly one in ten marriages globally involves first or second cousins. Pakistan has the highest rate at over 61%, followed by Kuwait and Qatar at around 54%. The practice clusters heavily across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. National averages can be misleading though — in Turkey, rates vary dramatically from province to province, ranging from very high to very low depending on the region. We’ll explore why cousin marriage persists in certain areas, look at the economic and cultural factors behind it, and examine what genetics tells us about consanguinity and inherited conditions.
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