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Congratulations to Spain on winning the World Cup! In the end, only Belgium managed to score against Spain during this World Cup. Spain’s victory conceding only one goal is unprecedented in World Cup history; no previous champion has ever finished a tournament with just one goal allowed, let...

Autistic and non-autistic people seem to learn about others’ likes and dislikes in very similar ways, but autistic people’s tastes are so individual and varied that they’re harder for others to predict – and that, rather than a basic “social deficit,” may drive many everyday misunderstandings...

Predicted food inflation for 2026 worldwide. The worst hit country is Iran (+56%), because of the war with the US. The second worst is Argentina (+33%), because of President Milei's economic policies.

This is how fast Africa is changing. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) only five years apart: 2021 to 2026.

I was wondering if Argentina were to invade the Falklands again now would NATO countries be bound to protect it as it is part of the UK, or does NATO not apply to overseas territories of the UK? Here is what the AI replied. --- NATO countries would not be automatically bound to defend the...

I don't know football history very well, so I asked the AI, if there had been any other cases of heads of state interfering in a FIFA World Cup before President Trump this year. The examples I mentioned are those that the AI could find. If some of them are wrong it makes Trump's intervention...

How common is cycling in various European cities?

In my opinion, there are three major problems with the Argentinian team displaying the banners, "The Falklands belong to Argentina". 1. The geopolitical context Only a few months ago, President Trump attempted to annex Greenland, which could have started a war with Europe and Canada. President...

UEFA banned Spain players for Gibraltar chants after the Euros final - not even in the stadium but the next day in Madrid. Apparently, FIFA is not going to do anything about Argentina's display about the Falklands. Not even a fine. Double standards.

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...