It's amazing how much of the map is green, indicating countries that celebrate a national independence day every year. Not all of these marked the end of colonialism (for example, Austria's ...

Post-Soviet countries are consistently among the most stoic. Other than Singapore (and, for some reason, Madagascar and Nepal), the least emotional countries in the world are all former members of ...

When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.