Osipovka culture fish year-round settlements

Rich fishing grounds supported permanent settlements before farming

People of the prehistoric Osipovka culture lived in permanent settlements about 14,000–10,300 years ago without farming. A rich and reliable supply of fish could provide enough food for people to stay in one place all year.

Cape Verde has a diaspora larger than its population at home

Generations of emigration have created Cape Verdean communities across Europe, the Americas and Africa. Estimates of the diaspora vary depending on whether they count only people born in Cape Verde or also their descendants. By broad definitions, the number of people with Cape Verdean roots living abroad exceeds the country's resident population.

A nonexistent island marked a border

Old maps showed Isle Phelipeaux in Lake Superior as an apparent duplicate of Isle Royale. Explorers used it as a landmark for the boundary between the United States and the territory that would become Canada, but later surveys found no island there.

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Osipovka culture fish year-round settlements

Rich fishing grounds supported permanent settlements before farming

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