In the 15th century the literacy rate in Italy was 15%, one of the highest in Western Europe. By the 18th century it had increased to just 23%, one of the lowest [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Remember: if you are using an original Sony disc then it's not piracy by definition2yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/psx
UA pov - Russia's FSB arrests WSJ reporter for collecting information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.”1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Some Russian mad lad is working to port Age of Empires II to the PSP - wish him success!3yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/PSP
RU pov - in Moscow, anti-mobilization protesters were reportedly given military summons after being detained1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
UA pov - Latvia rules out offering refuge to Russians fleeing mobilization1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
UA POV - The Russian Volunteer Corps took responsibility for the sabotage in the Bryansk region - Moscow Times1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
The only acceptable way to design a language selection screen (Psybadek, 1998)8mo ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/psx
UA POV: 70% of Germans against sending war planes to Ukraine - RTL poll1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Poland has the highest church attendance rate in Europe among people aged 16-29, by some margin6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
RU pov - Rybar: It is still very early to speak of an operational encirclement of Bakhmut. From the west, only the road to Konstantinovka is partially under fire control of Wagner.1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Against the Elite: Jews flood into Germany - Germans emigrate. In 1910-1925 about 80,000 foreign Jews immigrated and became “German citizens” [1938]5yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
UA POV: the actual Stoltenberg quote about Ukraine joining NATO1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
UA pov - Roger Waters has been added to the Myrotvorets hit list. The pro-Ukrainian website identifies personal information of 'pro-Russian terrorists, separatists, mercenaries, war criminals, and murderers'1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
UA POV - PMC Wagner met with Turkish contacts to purchase weapons, though unclear if the deal went through - Washington Post1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
UA pov - The sanctions war is not going as well as expected... Russia’s economy is doing better than even the most upbeat forecasts predicted1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Did anyone try Petscii Robots for PSP? I know nothing about the game, but I'm tempted to buy it simply for being the first commercial PSP release in a very long time2yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/PSP
UA pov - US DoD spokesman: there's probably a likelihood that Ukraine has been shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
RU pov - Russia does not refuse negotiations with Ukraine, but the more the process is delayed, the more difficult it will be to agree - foreign minister Sergei Lavrov1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Romania was the fastest-growing European country in per capita terms last year (+7.1%); Azerbaijan performed worst (-1.1%).6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
Germans in Germany: map showing the proportion of the population without a migrant background6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
UA POV - In interview, Chief presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak regrets not physically cleaning the Russian Orthodox Church earlier in the war1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Pivot to the West: thousands of Russians leave Siberia and the Caucasus every year for the country's western regions6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
Lithuania and Romania have the highest rates of petty (street-level) corruption in the EU by some margin, mostly due to bribery in the healthcare system6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
Countries where over 50% of the population are native French speakers [6460x3480]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/MapPorn
Countries with a collection of laws known formally or informally as 'Civil Code' [OC] [2000x1027]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/MapPorn
Prison populations roughly stable across Europe, with a major exception (Turkey)6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
Time required to enforce a contract in Europe (in days) [4592x3196] [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/MapPorn
Map of unitary, federal and confederal states of Europe [2000x2044] [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/MapPorn
Germans in Germany: population without a migrant background in each district [1903x2723] [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/MapPorn
Civ POV - Support for 'financing supply and delivery of military equipment to Ukraine' - Eurobarometer survey1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
Population of European countries before and after the Black Plague [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Countries with the most (and the fewest) referendums since 2000 [6460x3480] [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/MapPorn
RU pov - Ukraine allegedly attempts amphibious op to retake Zaporizhzhya NPP1yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/UkraineRussiaReport
The population of Switzerland went from being 40% lower than Austria's in 1870 to 4% lower in 20166yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/Switzerland
Russian soldier reenacting a classic Looney Tunes gag in Chechnya (1994)6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/fakehistoryporn
Government spending per secondary student compared to PISA scores [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Year 1500: Spain has 30% more inhabitants than mexico, England nearly 5 times the population of continental US [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Was National Socialism a bad idea? Opinion polls in postwar West Germany [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Evolution of the Democracy Index in German-speaking countries since 1800 [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
The population of Switzerland went from being 40% lower than Austria's in 1870 to 4% lower in 2016 [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
The EU Copyright Directive has been in force for a year now. Has anyone actually seen link taxes or mandatory upload filters? Was it all just a case of collective hysteria?4yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
Terrorism-related deaths in seven European countries, 1970-2016 [OC]6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/dataisbeautiful
Regions with the most lopsided gender ratios among people aged 20-24 in Europe6yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
Reverse natural selection: Jews flood into Germany - Germans emigrate. In 1910-1925 about 80,000 foreign Jews immigrated and became “German citizens” [1938]5yr ⋅ captchalove ⋅ r/europe
