Home Away from Home

Notable expatriate communities.

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Charts & Graphs the sea

If by Sea

Approximate distances and travel times.

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Charts & Graphs sports & games

Quest for Glory

Sometimes it ends in a cash prize.

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Charts & Graphs freedom

Free for All

How the world’s top economies fare across three measurements of freedom.

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Charts & Graphs trade

Trade Toolkit

Technology that enables trade.

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Charts & Graphs night

Graveyard Shift

If history’s night owls used Craigslist.

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Charts & Graphs states of war

Walking Wounded

Eight wounds sustained by Alexander the Great.

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Charts & Graphs states of war

Death Gratuity

U.S. military condolence reimbursements.

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Charts & Graphs revolutions

Working Revolutions

New inventions find homes in the workplace.

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Charts & Graphs death

Spoiler Alert

Murders, accidents, and suicides from novels and films.

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Charts & Graphs flesh

Saving Skin

The public lives of posthumous bodies.

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Charts & Graphs time

Chart showing the daily schedules of different artists.

Day Planners

When Mozart slept and when the Queen takes her tea.

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Charts & Graphs epidemic

The Heaviest Hitters

Calculating the human cost of infectious diseases.

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Charts & Graphs memory

Blasts from the Past

Memory triggers in literature.

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Charts & Graphs food

Meal Plans

Daily menus at various institutions.

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