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People have long been fascinated with very long words and extremely long names in particular. A famous example is the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, or...
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Wealthier Americans tend to pay a smaller share of their income in state and local taxes than lower-income Americans. According to a 2018 report released by The Institute on Taxation and Economic...
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The United States continues to wield its global military dominance in wars and armed conflicts around the world. While the vast majority of Americans will never go to war, millions have. The U.S....
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While other parts of the world might have the United States beat when it comes to income per capita or providing financial security for all its citizens, no country on earth is home to a greater...
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Americans are about half as likely to pack up and move today than they were in the mid-1980s. A record low 9.8% of the U.S. population moved between 2018 and 2019, compared to 20.2% between 1984...
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United States Senators face reelection every six years, and members of the U.S. House of Representatives have to be voted back into office every two years. As a result — though not a part of the...
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United States Senators face reelection every six years, and members of the U.S. House of Representatives have to be voted back into office every two years. As a result — though not a part of the...
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The Common Core State Standards Initiative, implemented during the Obama administration, established a uniform set of expectations for American public school students from kindergarten through 12th...
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January is unofficially known as divorce month. Divorce filings spike as the holiday season ends. One possible explanation is a desire to start the new year — and a new period in a person’s life...
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Americans are about half as likely to pack up and move today than they were in the mid-1980s. A record low 9.8% of the U.S. population moved between 2018 and 2019, compared to 20.2% between 1984...
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“Mexican food” can mean many different things in this country. There are Mexican-inspired fast-food chains like Taco Bell, Del Taco, and Chipotle, and combination-plate dinner-house operations...
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Several surveys have identified property taxes as the most hated form of taxation in the United States. Unpopular though they may be, property taxes — taxes on personal property like homes and real...
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Becoming a pharmacist takes a significant amount of invested time and money. It takes between six and eight years of studies , and typically requires more than $40,000 a year to obtain a doctorate in...
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There were more than 1.2 million incidents of rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and murder reported in the United States in 2018 — a 3.0% decline from the previous year. The decrease in violent...
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One of the reasons that many Americans get up and go to work every day is to put some money away for retirement. While Social Security payments can be a helpful financial pillar in retirement, it is...
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