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Percentage of the population without religious beliefs in Latin America

Percentage of the population with no religious beliefs, deists, agnostics, or atheists
Source: Statista
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Photography

How has this month gone for you? Describe it with pictures.

Great! The mountain landscape photo looks beautiful.

Stacker Saloon

saloon

@k00b Hi! One question. Was there a territory about apps in general before? Or has it never existed? I want to make a post, but I swore I'd seen some territory about apps.

These have been my days
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Parent's Corner- Speed of Light (lol)

grayruby

How adorable. The important thing is that he's already listening to the concepts; the definition will come later.

HAHAHAHA there is nothing more real than this

science

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https://starwalk.space/en/news/astronomy-calendar-2025#astronomical-events-in-march-2025

> March 29: Partial solar eclipse
On March 29, between 08:50 GMT and 12:43 GMT, the Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, covering a part of the solar disc and creating a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible over Europe, north of Asia, north and west of Africa, much of North America, north of South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic.

> April 22: April Lyrid meteor shower peak
Meteors/hour: 18
Moon illumination: 38%
Active: Apr 14-30
Radiant location: Lyra
Visible from: everywhere
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> According to the International Meteor Organization, the Lyrids are a medium-strength meteor shower that can occasionally produce bright fireballs. In 2025, viewing conditions are fine: the waning crescent Moon won’t be too much of a problem. It’s better to start looking for the Lyrids’ meteors after about 22:30 local time in mid-northern sites and after midnight in mid-southern sites

> August 12: Venus near Jupiter
Close approach time: 05:30 GMT
Close approach distance: 0°52'
Conjunction time: 07:00 GMT
Conjunction distance: 0°54'
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> On August 12, Venus (mag -4.0) will be close to Jupiter (mag -1.9) in the sky. Observe them with the naked eye or through a pair of binoculars in the constellation Gemini.

> August 11-12: Perseid meteor shower peak
Meteors/hour: 100Moon illumination: 91%
Active: Jul 17 - Aug 24
Radiant location: Perseus
Visible from: Northern Hemisphere
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> The Perseids are rightfully considered the best meteor shower of the year north of the equator: they peak during warm August nights and produce lots of swift and bright meteors. Unfortunately, in 2025, the Perseids will reach their peak shortly after the Full Moon; a bright lunar disc will be lighting up the sky all night, badly affecting the number of visible meteors. A good way to reduce this effect is to hide from the moonlight in the shadow of a tall building or a tree. The best time to observe the Perseids is the predawn hours.

> September 7: Total lunar eclipse (Blood Moon)
On September 7, between 17:30 GMT and 18:52 GMT, the entire Moon will pass through the Earth’s umbral shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. As a result, the lunar disk will appear dark red — hence the name “Blood Moon”. The eclipse will be completely visible over the east of Africa, Asia, and Australia, and it will be seen rising over most of Africa and Europe and setting over the Central Pacific Ocean.

> September 21: Partial solar eclipse
On September 21, between 17:29 GMT and 21:53 GMT, the Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun, covering a part of the solar disc and creating a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible over the south of Australia, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and Antarctica.

> September 21: Saturn at opposition
Saturn will reach opposition on September 21, 2025, at 05:37 GMT. This is the best time to observe and photograph Saturn, as it will be brighter than at any other time of the year and visible throughout the night.
During the opposition, Saturn will shine with a magnitude of 0.6 in the constellation Pisces. It will be easily visible to the naked eye. To explore the planet's rings, use a telescope.

> November 5: Full Moon, the biggest Supermoon of 2025
The Full Hunter’s Moon will occur on November 5 at 13:19 GMT. Our natural satellite will be in the constellation Aries. Although the Full Moon technically lasts only a moment — when it is directly opposite the Sun relative to Earth — it appears fully illuminated a day before and after this time.
This Full Moon will be a Supermoon. It will also be the biggest and brightest Supermoon of the year (7.9% bigger and 16% brighter than a regular Full Moon).

> December 13-14: Geminid meteor shower peak
Meteors/hour: 150
Moon illumination: 27%
Active: Dec 4-20
Radiant location: Gemini
Visible from: everywhere
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> The Geminids are one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year. Their meteors are bright, plentiful, intensely colored, and slower moving. Luckily, in 2025, viewing conditions are favorable as the Moon is in the waning crescent phase. North of the equator, the Geminids’ radiant rises around sunset, so you can start observations already in the evening. In the Southern Hemisphere, the radiant appears in the sky around local midnight and culminates at about 2 a.m. local time

Anecdote:
I love Lima for many reasons, but cloudy skies during these events are something I don't like. This year, I missed the last two events. On March 14th, I was paying attention, even hours before the eclipse, and the sky was clear and the moon was visible completely. However, after a few hours, the sky became completely cloudy, so much so that even a tiny glimmer of the moon wasn't visible. At least someone I know managed to see the eclipse and sent me this photo

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Top Astronomy Events of 2025

Old Town of Lima

Oh no, I don't know. I'm curious now, I'm going to read up on it.

I love walking through these streets of Lima. Banks, shops, markets, and bureaucratic offices maintain their essence in the fallada, and others also within it. It's like traveling back in time or across continents.
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https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/south-america-population/

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> - The current population of South America is 437,348,780 as of Thursday, March 13, 2025, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
> - South America population is equivalent to 5.34% of the total world population.
> - South America ranks number 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean among subregions ranked by Population.
> - The population density in South America is 25 per Km2 (65 people per mi²).
> - The total land area is 17,461,112 Km2 (6,741,770 sq. miles)88.1 % of the population is urban (383,659,794 people in 2024).
> - The median age in South America is 32.7years.

South American Population Density

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https://youtu.be/-DT7bX-B1Mg?si=CT8NayFWORACRKD-



movies

This is by far one of the best scenes in "South Park"

-Stan: "Where's my money?"
-Banker: "... and it's gone"


https://youtu.be/-DT7bX-B1Mg?si=CT8NayFWORACRKD-

"And it's gone" - South Park

Is this your wife Darth?

Aardvark

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> - The U.S., Canada and Mexico are all below the population replacement fertility rate.
> - Persistently low fertility rates below the key 2.1 threshold can result in population declines.
> - Data for this graphic is from the UN World Population Prospects’ 2025 estimates.

> The fertility rate measures the average number of children a woman in a specific area will have over the course of her lifetime.
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> That 2.1 number is a key threshold. At this level, the area’s population remains self-sustaining (at current mortality rates, without migration).

Source: https://www.voronoiapp.com/demographics/-Most-of-North-America-is-Below-the-Population-Replacement-Rate-4220



Fertility rates in America.

HealthAndFitness

AMA with Dr Ken Berry

KenDBerryMD

Welcome to SN. Just today you are asking me: Is it better to exercise on an empty stomach or after eating?

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#

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The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history.
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> At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population of the world was approximately 5 million. Over the 8,000-year period up to 1 A.D. it grew to 200 million (some estimate 300 million or even 600, suggesting how imprecise population estimates of early historical periods can be), with a growth rate of under 0.05% per year.
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> A tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history until around 1800 for world population to reach one billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), and the fifth billion in only 13 years (1987).
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> During the 20th century alone, the population in the world has grown from 1.65 billion to 6 billion.
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> In 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as there are now.
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> Because of declining growth rates, it will now take over 200 years to double again.
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Population in the world is growing at a rate of around 0.85% per year in 2025 (down from 0.97% in 2020, and 1.25% in 2015). The current population increase is estimated at around 70 million people per year.
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> Annual growth rate reached its peak in the mid 1960s, when it was at around 2%. The rate of increase has nearly halved since then, and will continue to decline in the coming years.
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> World population will therefore continue to grow in the 21st century, but at a much slower rate compared to the recent past. World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will increase by 50% in the subsequent 40 years, to reach 9 billion by 2037.
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> The latest world population projections indicate that world population will reach 10 billion persons in the year 2060 and 10.2 billion in 2100.
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