Russian Empire one-sixth world's land area

The Russian Empire covered a sixth of Earth's land

At its late-19th-century height, the Russian Empire covered about 22.8 million square kilometers. By area, it was the third-largest empire in history, after the British and Mongol empires.

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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Russian Empire one-sixth world's land area

The Russian Empire covered a sixth of Earth's land

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