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Which country has the world’s largest Christian population?

United States, followed by Brazil and Mexico (2010)

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Politics is like being a football coach. You've got to be smart enough to play the game and dumb enough to think it is important.
Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005)

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December

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,'
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

Oliver Herford (1863-1935)

Day 281 of WWⅢ

Слава Україні!

December 1^st 2022

It’s day 335 and week 48 of 2022
aka 2020 Season 3 Episode 12

Today is World AIDS Day and the Day Without Art

The red ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS. — **World AIDS Day**, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. Government and health officials, non-governmental organizations, and individuals around the world observe the day, often with education on AIDS prevention and control. World AIDS Day is one of the eleven official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Health Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Immunization Week, World Tuberculosis Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Malaria Day, World Hepatitis Day, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, World Patient Safety Day and World Chagas Disease Day.
**Day Without Art (DWA)** is an annual event where art institutions and other organizations organize programs to raise awareness of AIDS, remember people who have died, and inspire positive action. Initiated in 1988 by VisualAIDS from New York City (NYC), nowadays a global event.
Source: Wikipedia, image by Gary van der Merwe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Freerice

Freerice is a website and mobile application that allows players to donate rice to families in need by playing a multiple-choice quiz game. For every question the user answers correctly, ten grains of rice are donated via the United Nations World Food Programme.