According to SwiftKey, Russians use more “romantic” emoticons than other nationalities. Brazilians use twice the number of religious emojis.

The @ sign is called “klammeraffe” in Germany and Austria, which translates to “spider monkey.” Dutch speakers in the Netherlands and Belgium call it “little monkey tail.” The Romanian word for @ is also “monkey tail,” and in Bulgaria and Slovenia the word translates to “little monkey.”

The village with the longest name in Great Britain is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch. It is located on the Isle of Anglesey, which modern science assumes is ancient Inis Mona.

A joint study by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland shows that almost half of U.S. prisoners are serving time for drug-related offenses.

George Clooney used to be a radio deejay.

This article appears in February 26 • 2016.

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