12/08/2023
Mass killings are especially common in the Republican controlled southern region of the USA. It is largely due to the gun culture in this region. Most mass killings are familicides and these are especially common in the south. https://extracharts.com/mass-killings-in-usa-2006-2017
10/08/2023
A staggering 35% of amphibian species are under threat which is a far higher share than for any other invertebrate group. However, there are still more species of fish under threat due to the far higher number of them. https://extracharts.com/animals-kingdom
09/08/2023
The countries of the former Soviet Union remain a larger share of the chess elite than any other region but their dominance has eroded to an extent as more countries have produced elite players. https://extracharts.com/chess-grandmasters
08/08/2023
Despite the famous victories of Jesse Owens, Germany was by far the most successful country at the infamous 1936 Olympics with 38 gold medals in total. https://extracharts.com/berlin-1936-olympics
07/08/2023
While the Soviet Union got a lot of equipment from America, their domestic tank production surpassed Germany in every year of the war. This was particularly true for heavy tanks. https://extracharts.com/the-second-world-war
06/08/2023
For US Olympic athletes, blacks win most medals in athletics while whites win most in swimming. The reasons include racist exclusion of blacks from swimming which is still practiced today in Confederate racist states like Texas. https://extracharts.com/us-olympians
05/08/2023
The Grammy for Album of the Year is the most prestigious of the Grammy Awards. New York is the state which is the origin of more winners than any other and 7 out of 8 from the state were from New York City alone. https://extracharts.com/grammy-awards
04/08/2023
Although the Caribbean has less than 1% of the world's population, it accounts for over 25% of participants in the 100m heats at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.
https://extracharts.com/olympic-100-metres
03/08/2023
China's installed power capacity has rapidly risen over the last 40 years to become the largest in the world. It also now has almost 50% of the per capita generation capacity of the USA when it had less than 3% in 1980. https://extracharts.com/installed-power-capacity-by-country
02/08/2023
The most prestigious Grammy awards are Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Of all the music artists to be on the Rolling Stone Magazine 100 Greatest Artists, U2 have the most of these Grammy awards with 6 in total. https://extracharts.com/rolling-stone-magazine-top-100-arti
01/08/2023
The 1988 Seoul Olympics were the last before the breakup of the Soviet Union and the majority of gold medals were won by Soviet bloc countries. While central planning was important, doping also played a role. https://extracharts.com/seoul-1988-olympics
31/07/2023
Cristiano Ronaldo is the all time top scorer in the Champions League. He has scored as many goals from outside box as he has penalties in the Champions League so the "Penaldo" label is somewhat unfair. https://extracharts.com/uefa-champions-league
30/07/2023
Spanish players used to dominate the top 10 of the Ballon d'Or with a remarkable 5 of the top 10 in 2010 but there hasn't been any Spanish player in the top 10 since 2017. This correlates with the decline of the Spanish national team. https://extracharts.com/ballon-d-or
29/07/2023
There were 172 goals at the 2022 World Cup. There were a lot of great goals but less goals from outside the box (just 13 in total) than expected. This could be because the ball was lighter. https://extracharts.com/fifa-world-cup
28/07/2023
Century rate in frames won, as opposed to overall century rate, is a good way to compare the break building levels of snooker players in eras. As can be seen, Stephen Hendry at his peak was comparable to the top players today.
https://extracharts.com/snooker-century-rates
27/07/2023
There used to be more female villains in Hollywood films in the mid 20th century such as the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz. However things changed in the latter part of the 20th century. https://extracharts.com/film-villains
26/07/2023
The regional share of cereal production has remained quite similar over a 50 year period. The most notable change is decline in Eastern Europe. https://extracharts.com/food-production
25/07/2023
The England men's football squads have become progressively more diverse over the years. A big changed happened in the 2002 World Cup when it increased nearly threefold from 2000 to 39.1%. It has remained over 30% since. https://extracharts.com/england-squads
24/07/2023
There are fewer high grossing action films, thrillers and historical films in recent years than in the 90s. They have been replaced by superhero films. Animated films are the one genre which have performed well in the early 90s to the present.
https://extracharts.com/highest-grossing-movies-1950-2018
23/07/2023
The Neustadt awards are considered alongside the Nobel Prize in literature as the most prestigious literary award. While European writers are overrepresented, the global distribution of award winners is quite good.
22/07/2023
According to fact-checkers, Donald Trump has a long track record of being a repulsive liar. And most of his supporters are deplorable worthless human sewage. https://extracharts.com/fact-checking-politicians
21/07/2023
Venezuela and Dominican Republic are the two non-US countries who have the most players in the MLB. A far higher percentage of Venezuela players are catchers compared to Dominican players. https://extracharts.com/baseball
20/07/2023
Tarantino's most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was his least violent film. Only 3 people died on screen. https://extracharts.com/film-violence
19/07/2023
On a per capita basis, Scotland has the more Nobel Prizes than any other country or region of the UK. https://extracharts.com/british-nobel-prize-winners
18/07/2023
The level of success of East Germany at the Olympics was staggering, especially when adjusted for population size. https://extracharts.com/summer-olympic-medals
17/07/2023
In the premier league, goalkeepers are overwhelmingly European while forwards have more diverse origins. This is probably because training infrastructure is more important for development of goalkeepers than forwards. https://extracharts.com/english-premier-league
16/07/2023
South Korea has rapidly risen to become the biggest steel producer per capita while China has become the biggest steel producer overall. The US and the UK have seen significant decreases in steel production. https://extracharts.com/steel-production
15/07/2023
With the addition of the 3 point arc in the 1979-80 season, NBA basketball became more perimeter oriented and the importance of the center position diminished and shooting guards, point guards and small forwards rose to prominence. https://extracharts.com/nba-mvps
14/07/2023
While the most expensive painting of all time was painted in the early 16th century by Da Vinci, 70 of the 100 most expensive paintings of all time were from the 20th century. Picasso painted 15 of them, more than any other artist.
https://extracharts.com/most-expensive-paintings
13/07/2023
Often called the "Nobel Prize of Music", the Polar Music Award is a prestigious world music award. While American artists have dominated the contemporary awards, European artists have won the most classical awards. https://extracharts.com/world-music
12/07/2023
Between them, the Royal Caribbean International and MSC Cruises have the majority of cruise ships weighing over 135,000 GRT in service. https://extracharts.com/shipbuilding
11/07/2023
With 10 lineal victories/defences, Tyson Fury needs to defend his title 4 more times to surpass Larry Holmes with 13. It's unlikely he will ever catch up to the legendary Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis who had 22 and 26, respectively. extracharts.com/heavyweight-boxing-champions
10/07/2023
None of the top 10 states for producing American Nobel Prize winners are southern former Confederate states. Those states need to stop banning books or they will forever be trailing the rest of America.
https://extracharts.com/american-nobel-prize-winners
09/07/2023
Whilst ITV was on a similar level to the BBC in the 90s when it came to producing great drama series, the BBC has since come to dominate the BAFTAs for best drama series while ITV has focussed on popular trash television like Love Island. https://extracharts.com/television
08/07/2023
Western and European countries (including Russia) possess around half of the world's military aircraft. Among other parts of the world, the middle east and north Africa has the most combined air power.
https://extracharts.com/military-equipment
07/07/2023
Non-fiction movies have come to dominate the Oscars in recent years. This is a complete contrast from the 1950s when non-fiction movies were a small part of cinema and contemporary dramas were the dominant genre. https://extracharts.com/best-picture-oscar-winners
06/07/2023
The UK now has less then half the manufacturing GDP per capita of Germany. https://extracharts.com/manufacturing-output-by-country
05/07/2023
The main reason for the much higher homicide rate in America compared to other western countries is the amount of guns possessed by the population.
https://extracharts.com/gun-violence
03/07/2023
Japan has unsurprising dominated the karate world championships but not the Kumite Open.
https://extracharts.com/martial-arts
02/07/2023
Formula 1 used to be dominated by older drivers with 6 of the first 8 titles won by a driver in their 40s. However the winners have become younger over time.
https://extracharts.com/motor-racing