Maps of world
Map of all of the surface of Earth. Maps of continents, countries, regions, and cities.
Female to male ratio, by NUTS level 3 region
The world average for the ratio of females/males is 0.999, which means there are (fewer) 1.00 females for (more) 1.01
Read MoreWhat’s across the ocean?
Europe is not across the ocean from New York… but Australia is. By Max Galka via Metrocosm
Read MoreThe big picture of global finance (U.S. $81.6 tn)
The graph clearly shows that Anglo-America is the undisputed core of global finance, with the US-UK axis being the largest
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The spread of the word for “tea”
The etymology of the different words for tea reveals the history of the spread of tea-drinking culture and trade from China to countries worldwide. Almost all the words for tea worldwide fall into three broad groups: ‘te,’ ‘cha,’ and ‘chai,’ present in English as tea, ‘cha’ or ‘char,’ and ‘chai.’
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The top cruise ports by number of passengers
Cruise ports by number of passenger yearly.
Read MoreAustralia can fit inside Brazil
Brazil: 2.288 million sq. mi. (8.516 million sq. km.) Brazil population: 200 million. Australia: 2.968 million sq.mi. (7.692 million sq.
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Good Society Index by Country
Good Society Index (GSI) is operationally constructed using WHO data on infant mortality and life expectancy and World Value Survey
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Earthquakes from 1956‒2022, Mapped
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, around 500,000 earthquakes occur each year. Almost 80% of all the planet’s earthquakes happen in the “Ring of Fire” of the Pacific Ocean.
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