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Type Ashton is one of my favorite YouTube channels. The videos are very high quality, worthy of a BBC documentary. I've already shared a few of them before but this one is probably one of the most important so far. Over 40% of the food in the US and Canada is thrown away, against only about 7%...

I found these two maps, which I found interesting enough to share. The highest fixed speeding tickets are in Austria, Italy and Belgium. Oddly enough the amounts on the map are in Australian dollar. I like the system of speeding tickets based on the driver's income like in the UK...

You may have heard of their digital euro. But what is it exactly? It has nothing to do with cryptocurrency stable coins like the USDT. It's way for the European Union to become an independent from American credit card companies like Visa and MasterCard by making card payments directly from...

All countries in the world lend and borrow money to each others. There has been a lot of talk about the US public debt lately. About 12% of it is owned by foreign governments, notably Japan, China and the UK, and another 9% to 12% by foreign companies and individuals. But despite having a public...

I have had the chance to travel to most European countries, and most regions and major cities within big countries. Based on my experience and on the data of the most visited cities in Europe, I have complied a list of places that I consider to be overrated or underrated. An overrated city is a...

While I already knew well the limitations of the GDP per capita for judging how rich a country is, the video made me think of calculating the Net GDP per capita of 'supposedly rich countries'. To do this, just subtract the public debt per capita from the GDP per capita. By doing this we see that...

Download New populations added from Germany, France, England, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and more. Totaling 4,425 individual samples. Convex Hulls added New button that will allow you to prune out unselected populations in the legend, making it easier to present and share projections.

At present, 20 countries already operate high-speed railways. This includes 12 European countries, as well as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Egypt should open its first line this summer. India and Thailand will follow next year. In the...

Over the last few months the Europe Travel Guide has undergone a complete transformation. There were only detailed travel guides for Belgium, the Netherlands, England and parts of Western Germany and France. Now almost all of Europe in covered with travel guides for 31 countries (still missing...

This is a great video on the possible future of European integration using a system with different levels of membership based on each country's needs. I heartily agree with the proposal.

The Eupedia Travel Guide has changed a lot over the last few weeks. There are brand new guides for Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, as well as completely reworked guides of Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Denmark and Sweden. Pages for all these cities have been updated, reworked and...

Ever wondered which countries have the most Michelin starred restaurants per capita? Here is the ranked list. Luxembourg: With 9 Michelin-starred restaurants and a population of approximately 625,000, Luxembourg has about 14.4 Michelin-starred restaurants per million inhabitants. Switzerland...

Here are the 10 airlines in Europe that are at least likely to have cancelled or delayed departures. And here are the 10 worst. Here are the worst airlines in the world regarding cancellations. Only two European airlines in the list, but neither of them operate in Europe. Air Austral it...

This is rather mind-boggling when you think about it. This Dutch bond has been paying interests non-stop for the last 400 years! Perplexity News: Oldest Bond Turns 400 "The world's oldest perpetual bond, issued in 1624 by the Dutch water authority Hoogheemraadschap Lekdijk Bovendams, recently...

Whenever American citizens meet other Westerners and discuss their working conditions and rights it always comes as a shock to both sides how grossly exploited American workers are. It's pretty eloquent. This is the world map of the Labour Rights Index for 2024. The index is computed based on...

I have created maps of traffic-related deaths per 100,000 inhabitants for the Unites States and Europe. When looking at the statistics per country from Wikipedia, I noticed that the US states with the worst road fatality rates were way above anything observed in other developed countries and...

Abstract Modern humans arrived in Europe more than 45,000 years ago, overlapping at least 5,000 years with Neanderthals1–4. Limited genomic data from these early modern humans have shown that at least two genetically distinct groups inhabited Europe, represented by Zlatý kůň, Czechia3 and Bacho...

I've discussed before (notably here) the difference between American and European food, and in particular how so many food additives, hormones and chemicals typically found in food in the US is banned in Europe and even in countries like China. Here is a video about American food products banned...

The euro is probably the only currency in the world that issues banknotes with a face value of zero. These are collectibles and there are hundreds of different designs, but they are genuine —although unofficial — banknotes with real security features like holograms, microprints and UV ink. At...

Global warming is one of the most important global issues at the moment and for the foreseeable future. Carbon taxes are one of the main tools to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, essentially by increasing the price of fossil fuels. This both decreases demand for goods and services that...