Who Owns Antarctica

It stretches 5.4 million square miles. It's freezing, inhospitable, and devoid of any native residents. Why, then, is the southernmost continent at the center of such contentious wrangling? We take a look at who owns what in Antarctica, and why the battles have recently grown more tumultuous.

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The REAL connection speeds for Internet users across the world

How fast are Internet connections across the world? How fast are they in your country?

This article from pingdom.com examines the real-world connection speeds for people in the top 50 countries on the Internet, i.e. the countries with the most Internet users.

Average connection speeds

Worldwide averages

Connection speed distribution

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Stock vs Stuff: What If You'd Invested In These Companies Instead of Buying Their Products?

Ever thought what your life (and personal finances) would be like today if 20 years ago, instead of buying a bunch of what you thought then were must-have items you had invested in the companies that manufacture them?  You could have done without an Apple computer back in 1990, right? Consider this: if you had bought Apple Inc. (AAPL) stock instead, today you’d be sitting on nearly $1 million.

This infographic explores several “what-if” scenarios, featuring companies whose stock, in hindsight, you probably should have bought a couple of decades ago.

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