24,495 unusual names from the Social Security Death Master File
Below are the full lists of unusual names from my recent article for mental_floss. To keep the article at a digestible length, only a small portion of the names were used. However, some readers may wish to dig deeper. 1,560 identical first and last names 4,344 names where the last name starts with the first name 2,201 names where the last…
The top 5 most distinctive last names by state
In addition to the above map and article for mental_floss, below is a list of the top 5 most distinctive last names by state. This is a larger subset of the same data. To keep the map readable, only the most distinctive last name for each state was used for the infographic. However, some readers may wish…
Luxembourg prime minister responds to homophobic tweet by Greek politician
Last week, Luxembourg prime minister Xavier Bettel announced he was marrying his partner Gauthier Destenay. Yesterday, Greek MP Nikos Nikolopoulos tweeted the below in response to the announcement. Mr. Nikolopoulos was elected in 2012 under the ruling New Democracy party ticket where he had spent his entire political career up to that point until he resigned from…
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