TIL: Nearly half of the state of Wyoming (48%) is owned by the United States government. Its Wyoming-based holdings include national forests, the National Grassland, and an Air Force Base in the capital. mentalfloss.com/article/7…
One might not expect the United States’ first and largest planted forest to be in Nebraska, but the 222-square-mile Nebraska National Forest holds that distinction. omaha.com/sponsored/unl-1…
Ro Khanna: The long list of industrialized nations that don’t guarantee paid family leave to new parents: The United States twitter.com/RoKhanna/stat…
Density of forest cover across the continental United States [4457x2809]
"The Camp Fire consumes trees in Northern California in this undated handout photo." Photo credit: United States Forest Service / National Wildfire Coordinating Group / via EPA gannett-cdn.com/presto/20…
The size of the Amazon Forest compared to the United States
The United States and Brazil top the list of nations with the most gun deaths sciencenews.org/article/u…
TIL that while the Bald Eagle is widely known as a national symbol of the United States, the American Bison is the national mammal. The population of American Bison, once 60+ million, dropped to <600 by 1889, but due to conservation efforts is now 500k and growing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame…
Trump Is A Clear And Present Danger To The National Security Of The United States, Former Doj Chief Says newsweek.com/donald-trump…
In Forest Gump his regiment fights for a country named "The United States". This is actually the name of a real country
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of turtle native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs deep burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species, often saving their lives during forest fires.
TIL that Charles Young was the third African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first black U.S. national park superintendent, first black military attaché, first black man to become a colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking black officer in the regular army en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha…
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of turtle native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs deep burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species, often saving their lives during forest fires.
Earlier this year, my husband and I camped for 5 weeks around the state of CO. This is one of my fav photos: our pup asking for breakfast on the morning of our wedding anniversary. White River National Forest, Flat Tops Wilderness
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of turtle native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs deep burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species, often saving their lives during forest fires.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with putting the United States at the top of 'select your country' lists.
I can't be the only one tired of alphabetical lists where you have to scroll past fucking Monaco and Uganda to find the largest English speaking economy in the world. Hell, let the UK and Canada share the top with us, I'm even fine with putting China up there. Just end this nonsense where I have to scroll past microstates, developing nations where 90% of the population doesn't have internet, and half the world to find my country.
Despite bureaucratic hurdles, the vast majority of pediatricians in the United States are very supportive of the national Vaccine For Children program that provides vaccinations at no cost to low income children. news.cuanschutz.edu/news-…
The governments of 187 countries have agreed to control the movement of plastic waste between national borders, in an effort to curb the world's plastic crisis -- but the United States was not among them. cnn.com/2019/05/11/world/…
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet-Werknummer (works number) 191 095 with a Ju-88 D-1 in the background. I took this photo at my favorite museum, the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio a couple years ago.
The National Museum of the United States Army will open to the public on June 4, 2020 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia just outside the nations capitol and days before the 76th D-Day anniversary. thenmusa.org/index.php
United States Air Force SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance jets. Photo credit: Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance (CSNR) Reference Collection, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), United States of America [1570 x 850]
List of unusual or unusual countries in the United States wikimediafoundation.org/w…
Slow testing may be skewing numbers of U.S. COVID-19 survivors, deaths — According to congressional testimony from Dr. Anthony Fauci of National Institutes of Health and others on Thursday, just 22,000 people in the United States had been tested. South Korea has tested some 230,000 people. upi.com/Health_News/2020/…
Vlatko Andonovski is set to become the new head coach of the United States women's football team. The 43-year-old is currently in charge of National Women's Soccer League side Reign FC in Seattle bbc.co.uk/sport/football/…
Tomorrow is July 4rd (America Day (in the United States of the America)), also known as National Football Day, and I Will Be Playing a Football Game with my Ol' High School Buddies. I invited Tom Brody (God (Patriots Quarterbacker and Football Extraordinaire)) to my Teem, who else Should I Invite?
It's what the Founding Fathers would of wanted us to on this special day.
Susan Sarandon: If the term “working homeless” has not yet entered our national vocabulary, there is reason to expect that it soon will. Theirs is the face of homelessness in the United States: people whose paychecks are no longer enough to keep a roof over their heads.
Map of the Contiguous United States except it's the GameStop divisional map that was recently leaked alongside emails of regional manager purges. (Three national divisions and 18 regions.)
List of authoritarian regimes supported by the United States ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3W…
TIL Citizens living in the Territories of the United States, like Guam and American Samoa, cannot vote in the general presidential election, however they do vote for and provide delegates for the national party conventions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ter…
"New York has more hermits than will be found in all the forests, mountains and deserts of the United States." - Simeon Strunsky
Air Canada said today that it will gradually suspend the majority of its international and U.S. transborder flights by March 31, 2020 in response to decisions by national governments, including Canada and the United States, to close borders and restrict commercial aviation as a result of COVID19 aircanada.mediaroom.com/2…
National monument land Trump gave back to 'the people of the United States' to be mined by Canadian firm nydailynews.com/news/nati…
Earth photographed from the International Space Station while orbiting above Republic of Niger (latitude 18.3, longitude 11.0) on 7 February 2020. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Database…
Earth photographed from the International Space Station on 31 October 2019 at 11:42:11 GMT (ISS061-E-26172). Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States of America eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPh…
I'm making a list of all the top Science Fiction and Fantasy magazines, in the United Kingdom and United States. Please add to the list, via the comments section, if I'm missing any great popular magazines that pay aspiring authors professional, or even semi professional rates, for their stories.
- Asimov's Science Fiction
- Apex Magazine
- Interzone
- Analog Magazine
- Strange Horizons
- Clarkesworld Magazine
- GUD
- Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine
- TOR Magazine
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies
- Uncanny Magazine
- Fiyah Magazine
- Lightspeed Magazine
- Shoreline of Infinity
- Deep Magic
I'll edit this section as more people add their magazines in the comments section. Also, if you know any podcasts that read Fantasy/ Sci-Fi short stories on the regular, please mention them to.
1852 Phelps's National map of the United States [6562 × 5220]
A large dust devil in the desert photographed on 10 June 2005 in Arizona, United States of America. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
There is a long list of aircraft in the United States Air Force, many of which have been shot down by Soviet ballistic missiles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…
TIL In the United States of America, February 22nd is National Cook A Sweet Potato Day. nationaldaycalendar.com/n…
They're destroying the Brazilian rain forest, exploiting child labor, poisoning and stealing land from indigenous peoples, committing financial fraud, and are one of the top 10 polluters in the United States. Meet Cargill, the Worst Company in the World fark.com/go/10486260/www.…
NASA Astronaut Jessica U. Meir orbiting Earth inside the International Space Station. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America
A Haircut for Puerto Rico's Forests: "A research team has found that 40 to 60 percent of the tall trees surveyed on the island either lost large branches, were snapped in half, or were uprooted by strong winds from Hurricane Maria." [United States of America] earthobservatory.nasa.gov…
"The Mars 2020 rover undergoes processing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center" in Florida, United States of America, on 14 February 2020. Photographer: Kim Shiflett, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) images-assets.nasa.gov/im…
Earth reflected in the helmet visor of photographer NASA Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson (International Space Station Expedition 15 Flight Engineer) on 15 August 2007. Photo credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America
List of unidentified decedents in the United States (Unidentified bodies - there are approx. 40000 of these John/Jane Does in the US) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…
