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There are half a million sheep in the Falklands. Because the human population of the territory is only around 3,500 people, the Falklands boast one of the highest sheep-to-human ratios in the world. Sheep farming and fishing are the two main economic activities for the locals. Obviously...

In December 2016, FIFA officially fined England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland 100,000 CHF (Swiss Francs). The penalties were issued after the teams displayed poppies to commemorate Armistice Day during World Cup qualifying matches played in November 2016. FIFA justified the fines by...

Do you think that Argentina should be banned from the World Cup? That banner breaks several FIFA regulations: political neutrality, discrimination, stadium code of conduct, equipment regulations. What's more, it's pure nationalist propaganda without any historical basis. The Falklands were...

Thanks for pointing that out. I have added Croatia (where I have been twice).

A detailed map of the Bronze Age collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Summary Contrary to the usual story that wealth automatically helps close gender gaps, this new study finds that as countries get richer, the gender gap in STEM graduation actually gets wider—with men increasingly outnumbering women in science, tech, engineering, and math degrees in more...

The top 0.1% may own 15% of the country's wealth, but the top 0.0001% already owns 12%! That's three times more than in 2018. So it's not really the top 0.1% that is extremely rich. It's just a dozen families.

Not Mycenaen, but contemporary. A fist-shaped silver Hittite drinking vessel from ca. 1450-1300 BCE. It was used in rituals relating to Teshub, the storm god, who is depicted on the cuff relief scene. It is at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (Photo from Classical Mythology)

The reason behind childlessness is not the because people to do not want children anymore. In fact, over three quarters of people who don't have children in their late thirties said they still want them. The UN just published the results of a massive survey of 108,000 young adults 18-39 in 73...

World cultures classified on two axes: Traditional values vs Secular-rational values Survival values vs Self-expression values Interesting how countries like China, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria have secular rational values combined with survival values. Apart from South Korea...

Psychologists have long assumed a simple rule: more religion equals more happiness. A 2011 study published in Mental Health, Religion & Culture by Luke W. Galen and colleagues overturned that tidy narrative, revealing that the real predictor of well-being isn't faith itself but the certainty...

Countries like France, Italy and Turkey have huge disparities in employment rates between regions. But no country has bigger regional variations than Canada, which will probably come as a surprise to most people.

According to the Copernicus June 2026 report, this month of June was the hottest ever recorded in Europe, standing at +3°C above pre-industrial averages. France was the worst affected by the heat waves and so it's June average soaring +9°C above pre-industrial averages. July is well...

Use of Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter and Snapchat sharply decreases with age. Facebook and Pinterest are considerably more popular among women than men, while Reddit has the highest percentage of male users. College educated and higher earning individuals are more likely than average to use...

Share of formal sector workers whose job legally requires a government-issued licence Countries in Northern and Western Europe are less controlling. India, South Africa and Australia are the most controlling.