New Google trend lab

It helps to have a geekie computer husband. He figured it was worth a blog entry and for sure it is, try it yourself.
Go to the Google search page..above the search bar, where it says, Images, Groups etc.. click on more,
under the heading 'explore and innovate', click on third down 'lab',
then, click on fifth down left hand column 'google trends',

I entered the topic 'torture' and THIS is what showed; the top ten cities in the world where people did a search on the topic of torture. Birmingham UK was number 1, Washington DC was number two, now why do you think that is? (I have a hunch)

1. Birmingham, United Kingdom

2. Washington, DC, USA

3. San Francisco, CA, USA

4. Sydney, Australia

5. Philadelphia, PA, USA

6. Los Angeles, CA, USA

7. Seattle, WA, USA

8. Chicago, IL, USA

9. Melbourne, Australia

10. Manchester, United Kingdom

On the right hand side, you'll see A and B stories that led to the searches.