The Single Best Episodes on TV Since 2000
With the debut of HBO’s “The Sopranos” there came a bold and exciting new era of modern television, which continues to evolve. Once considered inferior to film, TV is now often comparable to its…
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More Guns Are Traced by the Government per Person in Louisiana Than in Any Other State
There is no gun culture like America’s gun culture anywhere in the world, where there are more civilian-owned guns than the entire U.S. population. Though most owners use guns responsibly, many guns also end…
Most Influential Black Authors of the 20th Century
During the first wave of the Great Migration (1916-1940), in which millions of African Americans left the rural South and relocated to urban areas, mainly in the Northeast and Midwest, cultural revivals such as…
The Biggest Grocery Store Chains in North America
Estimates vary, but by most accounts, there are more than 60,000 grocery stores in the U.S., about 15,000 in Canada, and roughly 3,200 in Mexico (where much food shopping is done in local bazaar-style…
New Jersey is the State With the Fewest Divorces
Somewhere between 40% and 50% of first marriages in America end in divorce. Odds get worse for later unions, with an estimated 60% of second marriages and 73% of third ones ending up in…
Where Young People Want to Relocate to the Most, According to Data
Events since 2020 – a pandemic wreaking havoc on people’s everyday lives, inflation forcing people to stretch their dollar as much as possible, a war intensifying a global food crisis – have started many…
The Most Popular High School Sports for Boys
Over 7.6 million high school students – slightly more than half of them boys – played sports during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, marking a…
The 35 Best Fictional Presidents in Movies and TV
The United States has had a former actor, Ronald Reagan, and a former reality TV host, Donald Trump, as president. A lot of great actors have also played fictional presidents in films and on…
States Where Gun Sales Rose the Most Last Month
About 2.6 million firearm background checks were initiated in the United States this January, according to data compiled by the FBI, a slight increase from January 2022, when 2.5 million checks were conducted. Background…
The 31 Presidents Who Served in the Military
When the 117th Congress convened on Jan. 3, 2021, only 91 – more than one-sixth – of its members were veterans, the lowest number since at least WWII, according to the MilitaryTimes. Serving in…
‘Avatar’ is the All-Time Highest-Grossing Movie in the World
There are two ways of tracking the financial success of a movie. The first is to compare what a movie cost to make with its ticket sales based on the value of the dollar…
The Weirdest Fact About Every American President
With Presidents’ Day nearing, it’s important to take a moment and reflect on those who served as the chief executive of our country. And while you may be well-versed in textbook facts about each…
States Where The Most People Bought Guns Last Month
A shooting at Michigan State University this week left three students dead and five injured. The incident, only the latest in the nation’s seemingly endless stream of large-scale gun violence, prompted Michigan State Senate…
The Price of This Household Item Is Falling, According to the Government
Is the rate of inflation rising or falling? Good question. The January consumer price index, a closely watched measure of inflation, was not encouraging. After several months in which the pace of increase in…
The Oldest Living Veterans of WWII
The survivors of World War II, the most horrific conflict in human history, are dying quickly as the cohort grows older and older. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, an average of 234…