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Top 10 Migrant Countries

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10. Spain – 6,5 million immigrants Spain is the second-largest country in the European Union and has a population of 46.7 million, a huge 12% of whom are foreign-born. This continental European nation has attracted large numbers of immigrants in…

The Smartest Nations in the World

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Although it is quite controversial to judge and rank a country for its intelligence, humankind has always had a desire to compare and list even such abstract concepts as intelligence.   Naturally, any research method you apply to analyze someone’s…

Pretty Fly (For an Irish Guy)

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Donegal Airport has been voted one of the world’s most beautiful approaches in a global poll of travel experts and fans.  10 Best Scenic Airport Landings: Malta International Airport, Malta Nice Cote D’Azur Airport, France Queenstown Airport, New Zealand Barra…

Biggest Cities in the World

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1 Tokyo/Yokohama Japan 33,200,000 6,993 4,750 2 New York Metro USA 17,800,000 8,683 2,050 3 Sao Paulo Brazil 17,700,000 1,968 9,000 4 Seoul/Incheon South Korea 17,500,000 1,049 16,700 5 Mexico City Mexico 17,400,000 2,072 8,400 6 Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto Japan 16,425,000 2,564…

Music: The All-time Selling Albums

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Top 30 (sold albums + streaming stats): 1. (No 21 in the all-time bestsellers list) Adele – 21 (806,023,008 streams) 2. (No 28) Metallica – Metallica (229,955,391) 3. (No 29) Nirvana – Nevermind (121,970,542) 4. (No 23) Bruce Springsteen –…

Five Sunniest Cities

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In these five lucky places, the sun can shine more than 90% of the time. Ranked by the World Meteorological Organization, the sunniest places on Earth are concentrated heavily in the southwestern United States, northern and western Australia, South Africa, northern…

Big Problem

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The research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and published in The Lancet, compared body mass index (BMI) among almost 20 million adult men and women from 1975 to 2014. It found obesity in men has tripled and more…