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Ever noticed almost every EU passport is red or maroon? There's a surprisingly political reason why 📕
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Canberra was purpose-built in the early 20th century as a compromise capital after Sydney and Melbourne each refused to concede the honor to the other.
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Rich countries 'outsource' emissions: the map of CO2 hidden inside imported goods. Data: Our World in Data (CC BY)
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Washington, D.C. belongs to no US state by design, a deliberate choice meant to stop any single state from wielding outsized influence over the federal government.
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France: 47% have tried cannabis, the highest in Europe. Portugal, which decriminalised every drug in 2001: 11%. France has prosecuted possession since 1970. The map is an argument about whether that works.
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7/ Caveats, and they are large. These are self-reported answers about an illegal act, gathered by different national agencies in different years. Current EU figures put France anywhere from 45% to 50% depending on the survey round.
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8/ Which is why the ranking is the useful part and the decimals aren't. The ordering has held for two decades. The one thing the map rules out is a simple line from how hard a country punishes to how much it uses.
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Christianity blankets more of the globe than any other religion, but atheism quietly rules an entire East Asian superpower.
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Ivory Coast's official capital, Yamoussoukro, was the birthplace of its first president — yet government offices and embassies remain concentrated in Abidjan.
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Before nation-states, Europe was a mosaic of kingdoms, khanates, and crusader remnants. Here's the full picture.
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Brazil moved its capital from coastal Rio de Janeiro to the purpose-built city of Brasília in 1960, betting on development of the country's empty interior.
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Britain has invaded all but a handful of the world's countries throughout history — find the tiny list of nations that got away.
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Israel considers Jerusalem its capital, but for decades most foreign embassies were based in Tel Aviv, reflecting international disagreement over the city's status.
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The Gulf and Pacific islands lead the world diabetes map — a disease that tracks the modern diet. Data: Our World in Data (CC BY)
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