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Where education takes the biggest bite
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Where education takes the biggest bite
June 21, 2026

What a nation spends on education reveals its future ambitions. While economic giants dominate headlines in raw dollars, it is often smaller, developing nations that invest the deepest – sacrificing the largest share of their GDP to build classrooms, train teachers, and equip the next generation.

Countries with highest and lowest average IQ levels: Europe
March 31, 2026

This infographic maps the highest and lowest average IQ scores across Europe, using the latest 2026 rankings from the International IQ Test. 

Countries with highest and lowest average IQ levels: Europe
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This is where the tallest and shortest people live
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This is where the tallest and shortest people live
July 31, 2025

This infographic compares the average heights of men and women across the globe, ranking the top 10 tallest and bottom 10 shortest countries. Explore how genetics, nutrition, and socioeconomic factors shape these differences—and which nations have seen the most dramatic changes over time. From towering averages in Northern Europe to shorter statures in parts of Asia and Africa, discover the trends defining human height worldwide.

A new step in Europe’s armament against Russia: Turkish and Norwegian companies to fill gunpowder together
July 18, 2025

Turkey’s place in the new war preparations called the “European security architecture” is strengthening economically and strategically.

A new step in Europe’s armament against Russia: Turkish and Norwegian companies to fill gunpowder together
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Ranked: Countries with the most and least carbon-intensive power grids
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Ranked: Countries with the most and least carbon-intensive power grids
May 13, 2025

This infographic shows the countries which get their electricity in the most and least carbon-intensive ways.

Scandinavians, the world’s happiest people, love killing for the USA – Part V
January 22, 2025

When Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen met with President Donald Trump, December 2019, Trump was threatening less support for NATO and European conflicts if they did not use 2% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for defense. What defines “defense” is at issue herein since Denmark, at least, could not meet 2% without using funds for the current war in Ukraine-Russia.

Scandinavians, the world’s happiest people, love killing for the USA – Part V
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Icelanders: Can This Peaceful, Politically Engaged People So Continue?
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Icelanders: Can This Peaceful, Politically Engaged People So Continue?
March 1, 2021

More people in Iceland than in most countries are politically conscious and motivated to take on corruption in politics and business in Iceland than in most countries, Ron Ridenour writes.

US Military Returns to Iceland: Cold War Base to Reopen
February 23, 2016

The United States has a long relationship with Iceland. Since 1951, when a treaty was signed, it continues to be responsible for the defense of the country. Iceland has no military, but the country’s coast guard fulfills most military missions, and is responsible for maintaining Keflavik as a military installation…

US Military Returns to Iceland: Cold War Base to Reopen
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