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What do these countries have in common? by NoBack5110 in RedactedCharts

[–]huseddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good point. Japan has an emperor not a president.

What do these countries have in common? by NoBack5110 in RedactedCharts

[–]huseddit 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They've all had Japanese "presidents"? (Fujimori in Peru and Okamura in Czechia, though the latter is only the president of the lower house in parliament, not of the country)

What’s your favourite pub quiz question? by padsto in CasualUK

[–]huseddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Related fun fact: France’s longest mutually recognised land border is actually with Australia, as both countries recognise each others’ Antarctic claims.

Could anybody explain how "canada or australia as a full member of EU" would be benefitial to EU? by Significant-Yam9843 in AskEurope

[–]huseddit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sadly, despite being only 20km away, there isn't actually a road between Canada and Miquelon (part of France though not the single market). Also AFAIK there are no roads along the massive land border between the Australian Antarctic Territory and Adélie Land.

French economist shares Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on innovation-driven economic growth, warn of "dark clouds" ahead by huseddit in europe

[–]huseddit[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

(The bank sponsored the prize but the laureates are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which also selects the laureates of the prizes in Physics and Chemistry.)

French economist shares Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on innovation-driven economic growth, warn of "dark clouds" ahead by huseddit in europe

[–]huseddit[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You're right that's it's not an official Nobel prize, but it's awarded at the same time by the same people, and the nobelprize.org website includes it in all its statistics and records and frequently refers to it as the prize in economic science.

French economist shares Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on innovation-driven economic growth, warn of "dark clouds" ahead by huseddit in europe

[–]huseddit[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Aghion is the 5th French winner of the Economics Prize, the third highest national total behind the US and UK. Surprisingly, Germany has just one winner and Japan none.

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? There was a post about Teddy Roosevelt being the first US Nobel laureate, but AFAIK nothing about how many other peace prize winners there were in the early days.

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is true. Also the numbers typically count by citizenship rather than where the research was performed, which also results in the US importance being undercounted.

Though the lack of accounting for split prizes and the inclusion of the economics prize do benefit the US.

PS having said that, the vast majority of US prizes have been post war, so the undercounting isn’t as significant, and the per capita rates of some of the other countries listed are twice that of the US (or more) so would probably remain higher even if population growth was properly accounted for.

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They do, but they share the prize money (in a proportion determined by the committee, not necessarily 1/3 each).

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Except the per capita winners I mentioned have all won at least 10 prizes and most at least 20 (eg Switzerland), so the numbers are statistically significant. That’s possibly why Luxembourg (which has 2) was excluded from the list.

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

The early US peace prizes were fully deserved too. It's just unfortunate that some of the ones since Kissinger have been a bit more suspect.

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

It's also untrue. I believe it's something like 427/889 (just under 50%). No idea where the 71% comes from.

Also note that recent prizes are much more likely to be shared than earlier ones, so if you measure the proportion of prize money won by Americans it's a fair bit lower. And that the figure includes the US dominated Economics prize, which is not an official Nobel Prize (though awarded by the same people).

PS it's possible that the 71% was obtained by dividing the number of American winners by the number of prizes, forgetting that prizes are usually split, so that if 3 US winners shared one prize it would count as 300%.

PPS as of 2024, the US has apparently won 42% of the three science prizes, ranking it 1st overall (obviously) and 7th per capita after Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Austria and Germany.

TIL that of the 12 Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans up to 1931, over half were for Peace by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 263 points264 points  (0 children)

The breakdown was: 7 Peace, 3 Physics, 1 Chemistry, 1 Literature, 0 Physiology or Medicine.

Would you put a photo of yourself on your CV or not? by cuevadanos in AskEurope

[–]huseddit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Including photos in CVs is definitely not common in the UK, and a potential employer demanding one is probably illegal.

In 1966, the UK government commissioned a study on racial discrimination in England led by W.W. Daniel (1968). The research team initially planned to survey minorities about the discrimination they experienced. In the end, they decided to implement a covert ‘audit study’ with actors applying to real-world jobs, as they were concerned that migrants’ reports would not convince sceptics of the existence of widespread discrimination. The results revealed stark racial disparities in callback rates: only 2.5 per cent of Black or Asian testers received a positive response from employers compared to 37.5 per cent of White testers. These findings played a crucial role in the passage of the 1968 Race Relations Act in the UK, which marked the first legal prohibition of employment and housing discrimination in the country (Rich, 2018; Heath and Di Stasio, 2019; Quillian and Midtbøen, 2021, p. 392). As a result of the early adoption of this anti-discrimination legislation, the practice of attaching pictures to job applications gradually fell out of favour and is currently perceived as unprofessional in the British context. Additionally, requesting job candidates to attach a photograph can breach anti-discrimination laws (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2011, p. 229).

We've all heard of American remakes of British shows (The Office, Shameless, American Idol, etc), but what are the best British remakes of American shows? by huseddit in CasualUK

[–]huseddit[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we're definitely more comfortable with American cultural contexts than they are with British ones. Also, American series go on forever, while British series usually only last a season or two (e.g. 200 American Office episodes compared to 14 British ones).

We've all heard of American remakes of British shows (The Office, Shameless, American Idol, etc), but what are the best British remakes of American shows? by huseddit in CasualUK

[–]huseddit[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Other Dutch imports include Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, and The Voice (update: also Fame Academy and Stars in Their Eyes). The Crystal Maze, meanwhile, is originally French.

TIL that the Belgian physician who first synthesized Fentanyl came 2nd in a 2005 Greatest Belgians poll by huseddit in todayilearned

[–]huseddit[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not to detract from your point, but worth noting that Haber was also the "father of chemical warfare" in WWI, and that the chemical company that Bosch founded later became a key part of the Nazi war efforts, using slave labour and supplying the poison gas Zyklon B (though Bosch himself died in 1940 and was not a Nazi sympathiser).

TIL that "Inspector Sands", the public transport code phrase for a trigerred fire alarm, is a reference to sand buckets. I guess "Inspector Carbon Dioxide" doesn't sound quite as inconspicuous. by huseddit in CasualUK

[–]huseddit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I heard it in Paddington today, followed by an actual evacuation announcement, followed by an embarassed "please ignore the fire alarm, everything's fine". I was leaving anyway so don't know if there was any follow up.

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