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Land Mass

Geo question came up, which is larger by size: Venezuela or Ukraine? Venezuela won with 916,000km2 (population 33M), Ukraine 603,000km2 (~45M population). Thinking about the relative size of Africa and the infographic that came out on social networks some time ago, became curious about the land mass of the different continents and countries. A quick list below with rounded rough numbers

Asia 45 million km2
Africa 30 million km2
North America 25 million km2
South America 18 million km2
Europe 10 million km2
USA 10 million km2
Australia 8 million km2
Russia 17 million km2
Canada 10 million km2
China 10 million km2
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US Petroleum Imports

I am regularly asked what is the status of the relationship between US and Venezuela. Depending on the level of foreign affairs knowledge of the audience I answer a little differently, but I do add that through the diplomatic dialogue and media statements AND sanctions imposed by the US, the oil trade continues without skipping a beat and that Venezuela is one of the top sources of US’s imported petroleum products. The full list is here but the top of the list of sources of imported (ignoring domestic production completely for now) petroleum products (mostly crude) are:

Total ~9MM bbl/d
Canada 37%
Saudia Arabia 13%
Mexico 9%
Venezuela 9%
Russia 4%

 

May be interesting for some to see that the US does plenty of business with “bad” countries as well, just does not advertise its activities.

 

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Olympic Games’ Host Cities by Year

I was curious about the upcoming Olympic games, then challenged myself to fill in as many of the recent two decades of games’ locations. Failed at that miserably and referenced the rest of the locations for a complete list.

SummerYEARWinter
2022Beijing
Tokyo2020
2018South Korea
Rio2016
2014Sochi
London2012
2010Vancouver
Beijing2008
2006Turin
Athens2004
2002Salt Lake City
Sydney2000
1998Nagano
Atlanta1996
1994Lillehammer
Barcelona1992Albertsville FR
Seoul1988Calgary
Los Angeles1984Sarajevo
Moscow1980Lake Placid
Montreal1976Innsbruck
Munich1972Sapporo
Mexico City1968Grenoble FR
Tokyo1964Innsbruck
Rome1960Squaw Valley
Melbourne+ Stockholm1956Italy
Helsinki1952Oslo
London1948St. Moritz
war1944war
war1940war
Berlin1936Germany
Los Angeles1932Lake Placid
Amsterdam1928St. Moritz
Paris1924Chamonix
Antwerp1920---
war1916---
Stockholm1912---
London1908---
St. Louis1904---
Paris1900---
Athens1896---