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40 Maps They Didn’t Teach You In School
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40 Maps They Didn’t Teach You In School

By the time we graduate high school, we learn that they never taught us the most exciting things there. Sure, you might be able to name the European countries or point New York on the map, but does that give you a real understanding of how the world functions? We have gathered a tremendous and informative selection of infographic maps that they should’ve shown us at school to fill this gap. Every single one of these cool maps reveals different fun and interesting facts, which can actually help you draw some pretty interesting conclusions.

What makes infographic world maps so engaging is how easy it becomes to conceive graphically presented information. The best part, there are brilliant services like Target Map that “allow everyone (from individuals to large organizations) to represent their data on maps of any country in the world and to share their knowledge with the whole Internet Community.” Just choose a country and a way to create your interesting map by color, type values, or uploading your excel files (you can even use your zip / postal code column to get the best and most accurate maps.

Without further ado, we invite you to learn things like the most popular sports in different countries, who has the biggest breasts, the red hair map of Europe, the world’s most consumed alcoholic beverages, or which brands dominate in various states of the USA in these funny world maps.

Trust us, these funny maps are way better than the ones they taught you at school!

The Most Famous Brand From Each State In The US

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Red Hair Map of Europe

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Most Popular Sports in the World

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Breast Sizes Relating to Countries

Image credits: targetmap.com

Political World Map as Pangea 200-300 Million Years Ago

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The World According to Americans

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Most Used Web Browser World Map (2012)

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Map of Countries Officially Not Using the Metric System

Image credits: wikimedia.org

The Penis Size Worldwide

Image credits: targetmap.com

Map of the Most Common Surnames in Europe

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Map of Countries Most and Least Welcoming to Foreigners

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World Map of National IQ Scores

Image credits: targetmap.com

Beer Names in Different European Languages

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Freedom of Press

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Most Consumed Alcoholic Beverage by Country

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A World Map that Inverts Land and Sea

Image credits: imgur.com

Worldwide Driving Orientation

Image credits: chartsbin.com

Prevalence of Obesity

Image credits: hsph.harvard.edu

Map Of Most Attractive Citizens in Europe

Image credits: imgur.com

European Citizens Who Drink the Most

Image credits: imgur.com

United States According to Autocomplete

Image credits: flipcollective.com

Every Country England Has Ever Invaded (all but 22 countries in the world)

Image credits: telegraph.co.uk

7 Deadly Sins Map

Image credits: wired.com

World Map of Social Networks 2009 vs 2012

Image credits: visual.ly

Total Fertility Rate Map

Image credits: en.wikipedia.org

Map of the World in Proportion to Population

Image credits: imgur.com

Different Alphabets Around the World

Image credits: globa-lingua.org

World’s Population Concentrated in One City

Image credits: persquaremile.com

Countries with McDonald’s

Image credits: imgur.com

Map of the Most Popular Surnames in the United States

Image credits: nationalgeographic.com

Lightning Intensity Map

Image credits: imgur.com

Map of the Earth With Mercator Projection Using a Different Centerpoint

Image credits: imgur.com

Time Zones in Antarctica

Image credits: wikipedia.org

Image credits: alphadesigner.com

If US Cities Had Kept Their Original Names

Image credits: crasstalk.com

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SaschaBirkmayer
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Austria skiing was the most popular sport until 2012, now also here Soccer/Football is the most popular sport because the national team became very good in the last years. But skiing and football had always the same popularity but we had more success in skiing than in soccer/football.

Ranso 30
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And in Australia, IT"S ILLEGAL TON EVEN BOTHER A KANGAROO, "BORING PANDA"!

Ranso 30
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heeeeeeeeeeey, I live in Canada and we quitted that. There's even a $10,000 fine in Ontario.

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SaschaBirkmayer
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Austria skiing was the most popular sport until 2012, now also here Soccer/Football is the most popular sport because the national team became very good in the last years. But skiing and football had always the same popularity but we had more success in skiing than in soccer/football.

Ranso 30
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And in Australia, IT"S ILLEGAL TON EVEN BOTHER A KANGAROO, "BORING PANDA"!

Ranso 30
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heeeeeeeeeeey, I live in Canada and we quitted that. There's even a $10,000 fine in Ontario.

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