This Is the Country With the Most Submarines
For more than 100 years, the submarine — invented by Irish engineer John Holland and first commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1900 — has been an integral part of the Navy. Today, 43…
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Most Watched Movies on Netflix So Far This Month
A what-if comedy and the sequel to a risqué romantic drama were the two most popular movies on Netflix during the first half of May. To determine the most watched movies on Netflix so…
Metros Where Home Prices Shot Up This Year
The spring home-buying season is well underway, and despite the storm clouds of rising interest rates and inflation, the strong job market is providing stability for homebuyers. In certain metropolitan areas of the country,…
Cities Where People Can’t Wait to Leave
The pandemic has changed everything, including where we choose to live. While many factors go into this choice, affordability remains a driving force, according to George Ratiu, manager of economic research at Realtor.com. (This…
How Free Is the Press in the World’s Richest Countries
The recent edition of the World Press Freedom Index details the ruinous effects of “news and information chaos” and the impact of a globalized and “largely unregulated online information space” that fuels fake news…
Most Popular Cities for Homebuyers
The pandemic has changed everything, including where we choose to live. While many factors go into this choice, affordability remains a driving force, according to George Ratiu, manager of economic research at Realtor.com. Vacation…
A Million Lives Lost: The States Where the Most People Have Died From COVID-19
The United States recently passed a grim milestone. Since the beginning of the pandemic more than two years ago, more than 1 million people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. This is the…
Best Country Music Duets of All Time
What’s better than a country song sung by your favorite performer? How about one sung by two of them, in perfect harmony? Country music has produced a number of memorable duets pairing husbands and…
The Best Paid Athletes and What They Owed in Taxes
Top athletes make top dollars, but they also pay top taxes. Because of differing tax rates from state to state, some athletes pay a much larger percentage of their earnings than others, and those…
18 Facts You Probably Don’t Know About Memorial Day
Memorial Day is named because it is the day we remember those who died in war defending the United States. It was once a day observed by introspection and solemnity in communities across the…
Countries Leading the Way in Solar Power
Now that President Joe Biden has returned the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change, and with the surging costs of fossil fuels, there is renewed interest in renewable energy sources in…
Countries With the Most Billionaires
There are 2,668 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes in its 36th annual ranking of the richest people on earth. They come from 75 countries or territories and have a collective wealth of…
Photos That Prove the 1930s Had the Best Fashion
The culture of a decade can sometimes be a reaction to the tastes and manners of the preceding one. The world of fashion is no exception, and the 1930s turned the page on the…
America’s Largest Military Cemeteries
The nation will soon honor those in the military who fell in defense of the United States on Memorial Day. On that day, veterans will march in parades and family members will gather at…
Best-Paying Large Companies in America
Corporate America is facing something of a reckoning in the post-pandemic workplace. In surveys of mostly younger employees, workers are demanding more flexible hours and the option to work from home. But while these…
The Youngest County in Every State
Even as the U.S. population ages and the birth rate declines, there are counties in each state where the median age is lower than the national median of 38. To determine the county with…
This Is the Country That Is Most Dependent On Russian Oil
Oil prices recently topped $100 a barrel for the first time in over a decade as Russia’s war on Ukraine triggered sanctions and supply disruptions. This has helped fuel inflation around the world as…
Countries Spending the Most Defending Their Borders
World military spending reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the seventh straight year that spending increased, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The world has no shortage of hot…
The Oldest County in Every State
America is an aging nation: Baby boomers are reaching retirement (the oldest turned 65 in 2011), and due to declining birth rates and limits on immigration, the population of the U.S. in 2021 grew…
Every US Movie Company’s Box-Office Winner
We all look forward to the weekend, and movie companies are no exception. It’s the best opportunity to debut a film and maximize its viewership – though opportunities were few in 2020, as the…