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Ashton Schottler has just released another great video comparing how sex education is taught in the United States and Germany. Completely different worlds! The first shocking revelation is that sex education is only mandatory in half of US states. But even in states where sex education is...

Famous Artists with ASD, ADHD, and/or OCD/OCPD Visual Artists (Painters, Sculptors) ArtistConditionStatus Michelangelo (1475–1564)ASD (Asperger's/high-functioning autism)Strong theoretical diagnosis by medical experts Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)ASD (autism spectrum)Recent scholarly...

Famous Scientists, Inventors, Philosophers & Artists who probably had: 1. Autism/Asperger + ADHD + OCD/OCPD Ludwig van Beethoven Steve Jobs 2. Autism/Asperger + ADHD Alan Turing (+ gay) Albert Einstein Bill Gates Richard Feynman Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3. Autism/Asperger + OCD/OCPD Arthur...

Neurodivergence—conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)—has shaped some of history's most brilliant minds. While many famous scientists, inventors, and philosophers lived before these conditions were...

Here is the data about the employment rates in Italy by gender, region, and educational attainment (licenza media = middle school ; diploma = high school ; laurea = university degree) Among those who didn't finish secondary school, there is a huge discrepancy between men (71.7%) and women...

Yes, you read that right. It's not a mistake. You can set up your own business in Estonia in just about 15 minutes. What's more, it's free and you can do it online from anywhere in the world thanks to their e-residency system! As Estonia is part of the EU, any company established there can...

I watched this incredibly funny video about Twin Towns by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones and thought that the subject deserved an article. Twin towns (also called sister cities) are towns or cities in different countries paired through formal agreements to promote cultural exchange...

It could be controversial to say that only Halstatt and La Tène were Celtic cultures. Most of Western Europe was already Celtic before that. Halstatt and La Tène are considered the Classical Celtic cultures. They help spread the Iron Age Celtic culture and P-Celtic languages (as opposed to the...

General distribution of two-wheeled chariot burials from Hallstatt D3 and La Tène A in northwestern Europe Celtic artefacts from the La Tène period

Pew Research recently published a study on social hostilities involving religion in 2023. This includes harassment, physical assaults, killings, displacements, detentions and property damage toward people belonging to other religions. The situation is concerning as the number of countries where...

A very useful and interesting graphic showing economic loss or gain of the UK by its relationship status with the EU.

This thread is dedicating to sharing maps relating to European society. This first map shows the old age dependency ratio. East Germany and rural France both suffered from the attraction of their capital. Young people from the countryside moved to Berlin and Paris (and other major cities like...

Personally, I usually think of the East of England (especially East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire) as more Germanic, and the West (especially Cumbria, the Welsh border, Cornwall and Devon) as more Celtic. The rest in between would be more or less equally mixed.

Mapping ethnic groups in France is particularly difficult because France prohibits by law to collect ethnic or racial data. It also depends whether you want the ethnic breakdown in metropolitan France (that is the European part) or including the DOM-TOM (the numerous overseas departments)...

I would think Pannonia and Moesia.

That's for sure. That's why Rome kept three legions permanently stationed in Britain while they only had one in Iberia for a territory nearly three times larger. In the first and second century CE Iberia had a population of 5 to 6 million people while a Roman Britain had a bit less than 3 million.

Pew Research has published a new test called Political Typology, which divides the US electorate into nine categories beyond the traditional Democrats vs Republicans clivage. Pew Research provides a full analysis of how each group voted for each question regarding government, economics...

Patent applications per million inhabitants

Spoiler: it's not. In fact, European companies are essential players in a few domains. This video explains it very clearly.

Someone took the time to calculate the breakdown in origins for Roman troops during the imperial period in various parts of the empire based on surviving records.