Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows what percentage of people (over 25) who live in each US county have completed high-school. Wyoming is the clear winner with all counties being above 88% (the highest category). At the other extreme some counties have rates as low as 33%
Here is the breakdown by county:
Ukraine in particular (smaller map insert) was particularly well covered (more that below).
The map above shows the number of antisemitic incidents recorded in each European country per million inhabitants (of all religions) in 2023.
Austria is the big outlier at 128.9 per million people, whereas Spain is at the other extreme with “only” 2.1 per million.
The data comes from the Tel Aviv University Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2023.
It notes that:
Here’s the list:
That said there are few odd standouts like the south of Spain being more similar than you’d expect and Finland being way less similar given geographic distance.
Y-DNA (Y-chromosome DNA) refers to the DNA located on the Y chromosome, which is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other being the X chromosome).
It was an attempt to group people based om ethnic and/or linguistic criteria.
Map description:
The map above shows the highest mountain (in some cases more of hill) in each European country from the high of Mount Elbrus (5,642 m [18,510 ft]) in Russia to Vatican Hill (75 m [246 ft]) in the Vatican.
Here’s a full list in order of height:
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In total, 21 states have given birth to a president and 29 have not.
Florida is the most populous state without a president being born there. Whereas Vermont is the least populous state to be home to a president (2 of them in fact).
Here is a full list by state:
Ocean salinity refers to the concentration of dissolved salts in seawater, typically measured in parts per thousand (ppt) or practical salinity units (PSU). The average salinity of ocean water is between 34 and 36 ppt, meaning that for every 1,000 grams of seawater, between 34 and 36 grams are salt.
Here is an another map showing the same phenomenon: