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What is it like to be of Irish descent, the second-largest race in the United States?
The Historical Entanglement of Ireland and Britain The view that German descent is the number one ethnic group in the United States has been questioned by some netizens. This is because some internet users believe that the number of people of British descent is number one. After all, they count Irish descent among British descent. The total number of people counted in this way would indeed exceed the number of people of German descent.
By Copperchaleu4 years ago in FYI
UK police use computer algorithm EBIT to increase the efficiency of crime investigations by about a factor of 1
Kent police in southeast England, are experimenting with computer algorithms to improve the efficiency of case processing. Such algorithms can assist in determining which cases are more effectively solvable. Police forces using this algorithm have roughly doubled the efficiency of their investigations, saving significant time and money.
By Alessandro Algardi4 years ago in FYI
A Brief History of Black Americans from Slavery to Emancipation
The History of the African Slave Trade by Country When it comes to the history of black Americans, most people know that they were trafficked to America by European colonists hundreds of years ago. Europeans were not the first culprits in the African slave trade. Slavery has long existed among African tribes, just as it has existed among Europeans for thousands of years, and its history can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome. As early as the 1st century in the park, the book of African history called "The Return of the Red Sea" contains accounts of slaves from the Horn of Africa (today's Somalia).
By Mao Jiao Li4 years ago in FYI
Is the U.S.-Mexico border wall that Trump insists on fixing useful or not?
The U.S. government was shut down for nearly a month over Trump's promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. That broke Clinton's record for the longest shutdown in the history of the U.S. federal government.
By Sue Torres4 years ago in FYI
The ancient remains of Great Zimbabwe
Walking up to the towering walls of Great Zimbabwe was a humbling experience. The closer I got, the more they dwarfed me – and yet, there was something inviting about the archaeological site. It didn't feel like an abandoned fortress or castle that one might see in Europe: Great Zimbabwe was a place where people lived and worked, a place where they came to worship – and still do. It felt alive.
By Grieser MustoBielerude4 years ago in FYI
What exactly are gravitational waves? Einstein's prediction is confirmed, there are indeed gravitational waves in the universe
The universe also makes noise, and this "sound" can resonate almost throughout the universe, traveling from one end of the stars to the other.
By Deena Thaddeus4 years ago in FYI
