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40 Times People Posted Pics That Kindled Our Fascination With The World, As Shared On This Online Group
Look, we might be a bit biased, but we think that Planet Earth is the best place in our Solar System (and probably the Milky Way Galaxy)! Earth’s full of cute cats, plenty of bamboo to keep us from going hungry, and it’s where we keep all of our stuff. It’s also full of so many wonderful and beautiful things that we lost count… and tons of mysteries to uncover in the future. Heck, the vast majority of the ocean is still left unexplored!
What we’re trying to say is that it makes perfect sense to learn more about our home planet. Some choose to study biology and all living things, others focus on human beings via sociology or economics, but when it comes to the fundamentals, you can’t go wrong with geography. The subject goes far deeper than just rattling off a few capital city names from memory.
Today, we’re featuring the r/geography subreddit, a celebration of all things related to geography. (The name really says it all, doesn’t it?) Scroll down for some of their best posts and if you enjoyed them, consider joining the online community. Geographers, amateur and veteran alike, are all welcome. Got your pencils and notebooks ready? Ready to have some feeky fun? Thinking caps: on! Let's go.
Patrick McGranaghan, a land surveyor from Colorado with a passion for map-making and travel, was kind enough to answer Bored Panda's questions about the importance of geography. Check out what he told us below.
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#1
Canada Still Has 91% Of The Forest Cover That Existed At The Beginning Of The European Settlement
Behnjamin 3 years ago
You don't understand! Canada is huge! Most of Canada is undeveloped and untouched, you can and will get easily lost in anyone of the forrests in Canada! We also have 90 percent of the fresh water lakes in the world.
Lily Francis 3 years ago
We do understand! We who have true intelligence and know the pricelessness of your resources, completely understand the treasure you have so please keep it safe!
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Okatango 3 years ago (edited)
As a Canadian, I am allowed to say this: We have a lot that needs to solved in terms of poor land and forest stewardship. This includes stopping the cutting of irreplaceable old growth rain forests, the extremely destructive oil extraction from tar sands and staggering amount of raw sewage we dump into our rivers. Deeply, love my country, but not blindly and working to fix.
Emiloy 3 years ago (edited)
I’m also Canadian and I agree - I think the fact that we’ve got so much forest left is just luck and circumstance, not anything we’ve achieved. It remains because we’re a very large country with a small (and mostly southern) population compared to land area. We’ve failed miserably in many regions, devastating areas that were easier to get to, stripping them of natural resources with only the most minimal nod to conservation. We’ve consistently gone against the solid advice and wishes of indigenous peoples who have thousands of years of knowledge about our land. I will say that the 91% stat listed above gives me some hope that maybe we can still turn it around, but as you say we need to work at it to fix things.
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Patrick, a surveyor, map-maker, and the founder of another huge geography-related subreddit, told us that "geography is a way to systematically understand the world we live in."
"For anyone that wants to explore and discover the world, they must first understand geography," he told Bored Panda about why geography is so important.
We were very curious about what Patrick prioritizes when drawing maps himself. "When I am making maps I am thinking about all the subtleties of the geography I am mapping. Such as the ways some coastlines will curve in certain places or names of places I've never heard of before," he shared a bit about his process.
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#2
This Person Really Took The Time To Travel To The Right Spot
Robert T 3 years ago
Was just going to ask if there is a bear on the real one as well. LOL
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petersilie 3 years ago
i am the only one, who is interested in the location, or did i miss it? :)
Eris Kallisti 3 years ago
It's the Matterhorn in Switzerland. Check under the bear comment.
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#3
Just Right!
Ricardo 3 years ago (edited)
There are several theories about the origin of the name Chile. Which in indigenous languages meant the end of the earth, or snow/cold, or even the sound of a bird. None have anything to do with chili pepper. In fact, Chilean food is generally not spicy at all. According to Mexican or Peruvian friends, it looks like hospital food due to its lack of spices. Obviously an exaggeration, because it is a very good food, with excellent quality products. Actually, in Chile they don't say "chili" like in Mexico, but "ají".
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
Well, one country's name understood. Many more to go. Sadly, Turkey isn't shaped like one.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
They needed to turn it around so the green stem would cover the island bits at the southern tip.
Gabriela 3 years ago
The southern tip is chilean Antarctic territory. Just sayin'
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Manuel Perez 3 years ago
It's very strange, but chillies in Chile are not called chillies, but ají /ah HEE/
"It gives me new ideas of places to visit. For me, accuracy is the most important thing as I've been trained as a land surveyor."
Bored Panda also wanted to know how Patrick would go about convincing someone that learning geography is vital in a world where we can pretty much just Google everything that we need to know about the world and we have access to maps on our phones.
"This is difficult because the omnipresence of the internet has made most people take geography for granted," he said. "However, understanding geography helps you make connections and feeds your imagination. If you really want to increase your vision and understanding of the world it must be based in understanding geography."
#4
A Modern Photo Compared With A Photo Taken Over A Century Earlier In The Same Place
HelloKitty1015 3 years ago
If we would have left them live and learned from them just think how beautiful this country would be.
Forever Changed 3 years ago
No land belongs to anyone in particular. The world is supposed to be shared. But just read into any history from any time period and you'll learn that all land has been taken from a previous civilization in a perpetual neverending cycle. Just like the Native Americans took land from a previous civilization. And those people before them took it from another. No one can lay claim to any land. In another 1000 years the land of the world will be ruled by new civilizations we never heard of. I'm just surprised no one has laid claim to ocean space and started building underwater ocean cities. Probably another thing that will soon happen in just a matter of time.
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#5
Nice F*cking Meme Bro
Dubnaught 3 years ago
You could go backwards and say "Bro, meme f**king nice."
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royal_antelope 3 years ago
sadly the village f***ing changed its name to fugging because the signs got stolen all the time. :-(
Eric Mac Fadden 3 years ago
Where do you think memes are from? We export them.
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#6
Mt. Fuji From The Iss
Hooked 3 years ago
Every time I read (about) The Hobbit's Lonely Mountain, I think of this. Inspiration much ?
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
The Lonely Mountain needs a kitten. It's impossible to be lonely when you're either getting pounced, murdered, bathed on, or slept on. I mean, a dragon is fine for sleeping on a mountain, but it doesn't purr.
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Rob Chapman 3 years ago
Surrounded by the Aokigahara forest. Also known as the Suicide Forest.
Gaya Knust 3 years ago
Thank you, I was about to comment on that. I had no idea Aokigahara Forest was so big, never seen an aerial picture like this before.
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TrippyBanana 3 years ago
That's interesting to see how flat it is the eruptions that must have been responsible for such a difference in topography must have been impressive.
Geography used to be one of the challenging yet rewarding subjects we learned back in school. Obviously, part of that meant committing the names of all the countries (and their capital cities) in the world, as well as names of rivers, seas, and other geographical features, to memory. And that meant a lot of work and anxiety when you were tested in front of the entire class.
And while some students definitely enjoyed all that, others found it stressful. What we really enjoyed doing was drawing maps and learning about all the different systems working in-sync on the planet. From how mountains form to how rivers ‘work’ and beyond.
The r/geography subreddit is an academic community, so the posts there have to reflect that. “Geography is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena, and goes far beyond simple location identifications on a map or general trivial information such as capital and country names,” the team running everything writes.
#7
Cross Sea Is A Very Beautiful And Rare Phenomenon That Happens When There Are 2 Wave Systems In The Sea Moving At Oblique Angles. It Might Be Beautiful From Above, But If You Get Caught In These Waves, Your Vessel Can Easily Turn Upside Down Or Lose Its Way
Oki 3 years ago
If you ever see this, DO NOT go into the water, you will drown. Even an Olympic level open water swimmer would.
Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
What would it do to a swimmer? Pull them down or just entrap them in the waves?
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Nimues Child 3 years ago
I've never seen this before. How cool to see (but I wouldn't go near that water if I saw this)!
OffKeySinger 3 years ago
I've heard about this but never seen it. Isn't this one of the signs of rip tides?
#8
Fun Fact I Found On A Snapple Cap
Lemonade Midnight 3 years ago
The 22 countries that weren't invaded are Monaco, Mongolia, Marshall Islands, Mali, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Kyrgyzstan, Ivory Coast, Andorra, Bolivia, Belarus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guatemala, Chad, Paraquay, Vatican City, Tajikistan, Sweden, Uzbekistan and Sao Tome and Principle.
Zwiebel Suppe 3 years ago
That's something for the "well" used quotation marks post somewhere here on BP.
Darren Fusellier 3 years ago
Bit sad we didn't get to finish the list really, so close as well, lol
SCP-3998 3 years ago
Nah, if anything, it's sad the list was started at all. So many cultures lost
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Maren Villadsen 3 years ago
Denmark was never invaded. Greenland and the Faroe Islands were. They are a part of the danish kingdom, but they are not a part of Denmark. That would be like saying that Australia isn't a country but is a part of England. The country of Denmark has never been invaded by England!
T Jin 3 years ago
Yes it was. Copenhagen was successfully invaded during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Kathy 3 years ago (edited)
And you can often tell from the shapes of countries that colonialism has left behind - particularly the 'Rule By Pencil Brigade' (Britain and France, I'm looking at you!), who had a nasty tendency to join forces to invade lands they coveted. They would pick a time when the countries in the region were still reeling from wars or some natural disaster, which left the indigenous populations weak and easy prey, and then move in and grab as much land as they could. They would then sit down with a map, pencil and ruler and divide the land between them into massive chunks, without any consideration for geography or topography, or unimportant incidentals like mountains, rivers, lakes, cities, etc. You can still see some of the mess they left behind on the maps of today - anywhere you see completely straight lines, you just know the 'Rule By Pencil Brigade' were there...
David Beaulieu 3 years ago
Mostly because someone else got there first or they had no resources to pilfer.
TrippyBanana 3 years ago
There is a reason it used to be said the sun would rise and fall on the British empire. It still does but on a much smaller scale. Since they still have territory in the Pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea.
Gerri Rupke 3 years ago
Actually, it was " the sun never sets on the British Empire"
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Unlike the Spanish Inquisition, there is no comfy chair in the British version.
Kathy 3 years ago
There's a comfy chair for the Spanish Inquisition? Really? For their many thousands of victims, my forefathers included, there was nothing even slightly "comfy" about any of the various inquisitions carried out by the Catholic Church throughout the centuries, the Spanish horror included!
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#9
[Close-Up View] Of Antarctica From Space
![[Close-Up View] Of Antarctica From Space](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/62e78a3e395be_8w12fbdhx0161__700.jpg "[Close-Up View] Of Antarctica From Space")
SCP-3998 3 years ago
I think there may be one in the comments, not sure though lol
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EvilLeftWingSheeple 3 years ago
So the Earth is actually a round ball and not flat. Who knew.🤔
TrippyBanana 3 years ago
I would love to visit Antarctica, and I know we don't want it to thaw, but I can't help but be curious about the secrets it hides under all the ice and snow seeing as it began moving south from Australia during the cretaceous, and there were dinosaurs still on the landmass.
CultOfBambi 3 years ago
I read a theory that the lost city of Atlantis is under there somewhere.
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Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
Methinks you mean polar bear? They only live in the Arctic, not Antarctica
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“Geographers have a special understanding about the Earth and global systems and use analytical skills and applied methods to answer questions about human and physical phenomena. In short, geographers are particularly good at determining the ‘Why of Where.’”
Around since mid-Autumn of 2008, r/geography has carved out a nice niche for itself. At the time of writing, the sub had 157.7k members. There are actually a ton of geography-related subreddits (which makes our inner geeks really happy), and they’re all listed in r/geography’s sidebar.
So if you want to go down the rabbit hole and learn something new while being amazed by all the impressive photos from our planet, you’re given the keys to so much knowledge, all on a silver plate. Just keep in mind it’s like going on Wikipedia: before you know it, it’s several hours later and you totally got way too enraptured by what the digital library has to offer.
#10
Topography Of The Indian Subcontinent
Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago
Wow, you can really see why it is it’s own sub-continent from this view!
François Carré 3 years ago (edited)
It even used to be a giant island, quite similar to Australia, not so long ago (in geologic terms of course).
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TrippyBanana 3 years ago
It's not even done moving forward. The Himalayas are still growing as India moves into China and the surrounding countries.
Katherine Stevens 3 years ago
The earth is an ever changing piece of art. It's all constantly moving.
Forever Changed 3 years ago
Indeed. Ever changing, ever shifting, multitude of elements on a collision course.
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I'd love to visit India, when the weather is cool, which I think is probably never.
#11
For All Those Namibia-Zimbabwe Border Posts, I Humbly Raise You This Unexpected Afghanistan-China Border Touch
David Spencer 3 years ago
When my dad served in Afghanistan, he ran a small base at the base of that "finger" of Aphganistan.
gbachanes@hotmail.com 3 years ago
Why not america loves the swampstirrers and THEY dont like them
#12
America By Trump Administration
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
Many of them also think our state of New Mexico is part of Mexico. It’s been a state for 110 years, but news travels slowly in Fauxnewsland
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Erik Biesemeier 3 years ago
I think you're mischaracterizing it as a news channel.
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Lady Goldberry 3 years ago
I really want some Trumpster to come onto these comments to defend this.
Crystal Lamas 3 years ago
The woman's face says it all. Almost as if she just realized the error.
Pam Page 3 years ago
Fox News apologized for the Chyron. The Trump administration did not write the chyron. Good grief.
The r/geography subreddit encourages discussions of all branches of the subject, suggests that users link to original sources, and asks that all members assign a post flair when submitting something. Meanwhile, anyone with a degree in geography can ask the mods for a custom flair for their specific area of expertise which is actually a super cool idea and we hope more subs do this.
We feel like academically-focused subs are more important now than ever. With access to the internet, we have the ability to learn pretty much anything about anything, but there’s a downside to this. As information can spread very quickly, misinformation can, too. (Sometimes, even faster than facts.)
#13
I Feel As If Someone Just Got Bored Of Naming Things Here
Casey Burns 3 years ago
I think it looks more like a really angry ghost. Probably yelling because he can't eat his invisible banana.
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Greta Kolding 3 years ago
It somehow reminds me of the Simpsons episode where they are all on board the Mayflower, and Flanders says they'll call the place New England, to which Homer replies: "do you call your foot new hand?"
William Jones 3 years ago
Kiritimati is the atoll's name, by the way- it's pronounced "Christmas!" Kiribatian uses "ti" to represent the sound "s" for some reason
Sam J 3 years ago
Yup! Just like how Kiribati is pronounced "Kiribass". Aren't languages odd?
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#14
Beautiful Aerial View Of Venice, Italy
Jrog 3 years ago
The square island on the left is the city's historical cemetery, housing the remains of Ezra Pound, Igor Stravinsky, Canova, Tiepolo and others. On the far left corner it is barely visible Murano, the glassmakers island where Venetian's glass makers were moved in 1290 after a string of fires that ravaged the city.
Kaedy Doyle 3 years ago
Canova's tomb is Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. It's in the center of Venice. It's an interesting tomb. Tiepolo is buried in Madonna dell'Orto.
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Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
At one time in history, one of the greatest ship builders in the world.
CRUZ HERNANDEZ-GARCIA 3 years ago
Did you squints hard enough it looks like Patrick Coughing because he needs air
#15
Topography Of South America
TrippyBanana 3 years ago (edited)
It's interesting how the mountains of Chile and Peru have helped to create the forests of South America, due to the close proximity to the pacific. Which is the exact opposite of what the Sierra Nevadas did because they block sea air from reaching beyond California.
Susana Hoffstaedter 3 years ago
Ok but where's the rainforest in the brazilian north? I mean, this looks a little bit tendentious, Amazonia still there
Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
This is just showing how high the land is, mountains, valleys, flat areas. Not vegetation.
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You Can Sail In A Straight Line From Chile To Spain Without Ever Crossing Land
#17
Stanislav Canyon, Kherson, Ukraine
Alexandru Bucur 3 years ago
Pretty much where the southern end of the front line in Ukraine is at the moment, between the villages of Oleksandrivka and Stanislav.
Emma Brown 3 years ago
Please excuse my stupidity (I have zero knowledge of things like this!) Is there a road running through it? I can see white lines and im wondering what they would be?
Alexandru Bucur 3 years ago
It's not an actual road, but those are vehicle tracks, because lazy people sometimes drive from the beach as far into the canyon as they can. Or at least they used to, before the war. That canyon is on the front line at the moment.
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#18
A Map Of The World Centred Around New Zealand
Meredith 3 years ago
RIGHT!! Christ! I grew up in the states and the only good I see Peter Jackson has done is making the rest of the world know we exist.
Load More Replies... Okatango 3 years ago
And to think how much of that vast expanse was travelled by the ancestors of Maori. Mind-boggling.
While being skeptical of information and double-checking things yourself are an important part of the scientific tradition, there comes a point where questioning well-established facts and mistrusting everyone and everything turns from quirky to stubborn.
#19
Canadian-Us Border In Northern Idaho. They Cut Down All The Trees Along The Border To Mark It
Chich 3 years ago
Nah, we are just getting ready to build a wall to keep them down south if it gets any weirder down there :P
Giles McArdell 3 years ago
Canada: "surely the US can't get any weirder?" US: "hold my beer".
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Mindy Keys 3 years ago
As someone from the USA, I can fully get behind contributing to a Canadian border to keep US out. God knows we don't need to come up there and F up your country!
Nimues Child 3 years ago (edited)
I really miss the days when the US and Canada had a really friendly border. It was a nice feeling.
Craig von Land 3 years ago
Cut lines like this are common in Canada and are there to prevent the spread of forest fires.
Steven Dixon 3 years ago
Five and a half thousand miles of border, surveyed by a pre GPS civilization. There is a video "Canada & the United States's bizarre border". Has some interesting stats and pokes some fun at it.
Marie Lucero 3 years ago
It has been like this along the border between Montana and Canada since I was a kid in the '50's, I think the entire border has been like this for years and years, so no, there are no plans to change the physical border. 😣
Scott Pinkham 3 years ago
Like most of the Canadian/USA border uncontrolled and wooded in Maine logging trucks pass back and forth on dirt roads with no check point within at least a hundred miles or 161 km
gbachanes@hotmail.com 3 years ago
Most illegials get into america by this canadian unattended border I know had them at my hospital
Squee She 3 years ago
I'm going to guess right, because the trees are greener? We are pro marijuana 😎
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Flew Over Horseshoe Bend In Arizona A Couple Weeks Ago, Thought Everyone Here Might Appreciate This!
Anne McKinney 3 years ago
Down in the canyon floating on the water with no engine running is surreal. It's like going back thousands of years in time.
#21
The Only Geography Lesson You Need
maragato 3 years ago
I think this map is a joke in reference to the fact that in South America it is especially said that in Argentina the inhabitants have the biggest ego on the planet
Ricardo 3 years ago
Yes! The best deal in the world is to buy an Argentine for what it is worth and sell it… for what he says it is worth. How does an Argentine commit suicide? He first climbs on his ego and then... jumps! Also, that they are Italians who speak Spanish and think they are English. What is the ego? The Argentine that we all carry inside. Jokes aside, all the Argentines I know are nice and good people.
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Lemonade Midnight 3 years ago (edited)
This is more educational than most what you learn in geography class
Anik Fonseca 3 years ago
As a Brazilian, thank you! Also Buenos Aires is in Argentina, not the Capitol of Brazil.
Lee McIntyre, from the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, explained to Bored Panda during a previous in-depth interview that Flat Earthers should be commended for actually testing out their hypotheses, but they don’t actually understand how science works.
“One of their main arguments was that if the Earth was spinning, the water would fall off. Do they not understand that gravitational pull comes from the center, is based on mass, and works on water too?”
#22
Pangea With Borders
Shyla Clay 3 years ago
I don't know. Things are too crowded as it is. Let's just keep the continents where they are, please.
Brandon Walker 3 years ago
And it wasn't even the only supercontinent we have had, our landmasses have bunched up, and then separated several times, so wild
TrippyBanana 3 years ago (edited)
I could definitely understand the flat earth theory if Pangaea hadn't split apart. Plus it's amazing to think that it was the movement of the land masses that gave us the Atlantic and tectonic action that allowed much of the mass we see to be above or below sea level.
SCP-3998 3 years ago
Yea, I still couldnt understand flat earth shît(refuse to call it a theory, as it isnt even based in science)
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Alicia GriffonLady 3 years ago
Was there anything on the other side of the planet when Pangea was still all together?
#23
Iceland In The Winter
Robin Roper 3 years ago
11% of Iceland's landmass is covered by a permanent Ice Sheet where as, 80% of Greenland's landmass has Ice Sheet Cover. In addition, Greenland, has much more severe winters than Iceland.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Hopefully it stays like this in the winter. No future tropical winter vacations please.
SCP-3998 3 years ago
It doesnt lol Iceland is usually quite green, and meanwhile Greenland is very icy year round
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#24
The Elevation And Depth For Great Lakes
Dubnaught 3 years ago
I would never be able to swim in Lake Baikal after seeing this. Nope. No Baikal Nessy for me.
Trisha Howson 3 years ago
My thoughts 100% probably something real big in there
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago
It said great lakes and I'm sitting here looking for Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior. I was so confused.
Panda For Scale 3 years ago
H O M E S - That's how I remember the names also
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SCP-3998 3 years ago
And THIS is why ppl are afraid of open waters lol LOOK AT HOW DEEP BAIKAL is!! What could be living in there? No idea, and I REALLY dont wanna find out lol
Linda Adamo 3 years ago
i live on a lake. it's 16' at its deepest point. i don't see it on this chart . . . .
Shelli Aderman 3 years ago
16’ is a drop in the bucket to these Great Lakes!
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Ugh_What_Now 3 years ago
Me a thirty five year old woman... a completely serious post about lake depth... Titicaca... 😐🤐😑😶😂🤣🤣🤣
Iam Knucks 3 years ago
I live next to lake Erie and it's pretty amazing how shallow it is. You can take a boat to the center and realize the bottom is still only 10 feet down in places.
According to McIntyre, many Flat Earthers beliefs aren’t based on evidence in the first place. They keep moving the goalposts when debating scientists. For instance, if you ask a conspiracy theorist what kind of evidence would be sufficient to prove them wrong, the answer you get might reveal a lot about how they think.
“I used that question in person at FEIC [Flat Earth International Conference] 2018 and it was very telling. Most of them just said ‘proof’ and I said ‘proof of what?’ They couldn’t be specific,” McIntyre told Bored Panda.
#25
The Vasyugan Swamp Is The Largest Swamp In The World, Which Is Located In Russia. The Swamp Is The Same Size As Switzerland. There Are Legends That Atlantis Is Located Here
TrippyBanana 3 years ago
Swamps are interesting places. If Russia wasn't so frighting to visit I'd be saving up to visit and explore the vast beauty of it's frontier.
Pat Head 3 years ago
Very pretty, but I wouldn't wish to encounter what I imagine are monster mosquitos.
setsuriseikou 3 years ago (edited)
Well, the monstrosity isn't the size, it's the numbers. Also, this is one of the locations living up to the "vodka, balalaika and bears" stereotype about Russia. Not very rich with vodka or balalaikas (unless you bring your own), though, as the place is now uninhabited. But bears, yeah, no problem at all. Or, rather, a very big problem. Good thing, though, is that their number is significantly smaller than the number of mosquitoes. Vasyugan swamps are also home to many rare animals (reindeers, squirrels, elks, sables, minks, otters, wolverines), birds (golden eagles, white-tailed eagles, ospreys, gray shrikes, peregrine falcons, wood grouses, white partridges, hazel grouses, black grouses) and plants (cranberries, blueberries, cloudberries).
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#26
Chile Is Gigalong!
Wax0nWax0ff 3 years ago
And all the climates and the scenery are just as diverse! Absolutely wonderful country. I’d love to go back
pat hayes 3 years ago
the CNN special Patagonia is fascinating...plus the place is drop dead gorgeous in a surreal way...definitely worth watching..!
Ricardo 3 years ago
The Chilean Patagonia episode of "Our Great National Parks" in Netflix, narrated by Obama, is also wonderful. Although a part is not in Patagonia, but further north in Chile.
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#27
Lake Chad In 1967 vs. Lake Chad Now
Jessica N 3 years ago
Is it a seasonal lake at all? Africa has some lakes that only hold water during rainy season
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
It is seasonal, and very shallow. It’s actually been rebounding in average size since the mid 1980’s.
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Not sure if this is drought related or industry related, but either way it's sad to see. The camel in the right photo suggests this is Africa? Depending on what's gone on in the years this could be the result of a dam being built.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
Wikipedia says “ It is located in the interior basin which used to be occupied by a much larger ancient sea sometimes called Mega Chad.” MEGA CHAD
“At one session, I heard many Flat Earthers talk about losing family members, getting kicked out of their churches, losing jobs… who would do that for fun? These are hardcore science deniers. As hard as it might be to accept, there are people who believe this stuff and are willing even to put their lives on the line for it! One rocket guy crashed trying to prove Flat Earth. They aren’t pretending,” the expert said that there are quite a few people who genuinely believe in the conspiracy. So much so that they’re willing to risk their finances and reputation.
“Conspiracy theories have been around since Nero in the Roman Empire. They pop up in times of turmoil or mass unrest when people try to make sense of the world, but can’t. Flat Earth is in some ways just a run-of-the-mill conspiracy theory. They’ve all grown in popularity because beliefs (even fringe beliefs) are reinforced by peer approval, and that is now readily available on the internet. Virtually all of the flat earthers I met were converted based on YouTube videos. Some then went to the conferences. After that, they were ‘down the rabbit hole.'”
#28
Uluru (Ayers Rock) From A Birds-Eye View
It's Izzy 🇺🇦 (They/Them) 3 years ago
It's incredible at sunset. Changes colours. (BTW, you don't need to put Ayers Rock afterwards - it's like writing Mumbai (Bombay))
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
we get the point you're making (decolonisation), but some older people do not know that things' names have changed.
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Angela B 3 years ago
Uluru is culturally significant and a Sacred Place to the Aboriginal People. Thankfully, no longer permitted to be climbed. I wish to respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Land Owners whose Land I work, rest and live upon and pay my respect to the Elders past and present. I also acknowledge and pay my respects to the Aboriginal People who draw their Ancestral Lines from this Land.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
I like this pledge. Very respectful of the people and the land.
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Huddo's sister 3 years ago
It is beautiful, and interesting, but I have to say walking around the whole thing did get boring.
#29
Actually There Are Quite A Few Natural Borders In There
MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago
I wish I could stand in one place in this picture, for example, Nepal, and then have two other people stand in India and Bangladesh, and then light fireworks and see if we could see each other.
AsexualShrimp 3 years ago
I’ve actually been to this spot before. It’s so beautiful. When I was there, it was sunrise and I saw the sun peek out and it was so amazing.
Downunderdude 3 years ago
I didn't know they had the big signs like that. It's like the Hollywood sign, isn't it?
#30
Each Section Contains 10% Of The World's Population!
kathryn stretton 3 years ago
Fabulous to see the replies here. So many diverse countries on this site! World is truly getting smaller :)
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Al! 3 years ago
I don't know if the slices are right but smaller slices having the same % as a larger slice means there are more people per square foot in those areas. It's like comparing 100k people spread out over half of Montana (idk their pop) compared to the same 100k within a few blocks of each other in NYC. Same % of the pie in different sized areas.
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago (edited)
I'm in the blue, the southern Caribbean/Windward Islands.
According to McIntyre, Flat Earthers try to convert others to their cause. “It’s important to remember that these pathologies of human reasoning exist not just to defend themselves but to proselytize new members. They are virulent. They are infectious. I wish Flat Earth were the worst of them, but it isn’t. It’s the scourge of our age. And it will only continue to get worse.”
#31
The Oldest Current National Flag
Robert T 3 years ago
I was surprised at the UK one, as I am sure that I have seen the flag in historical dramas, but according to wikipedia, the diagonal red cross of Northern Ireland was not added until 1801. Previously it just consisted of the red cross of St. George and white saltire of St. Andrew from 1606. The cross of St. George (England's flag) dates back to somewhere around 1190, and is still the current flag for England, and if Nicola Sturgeon gets her way, will soon be the flag for the Disunited Kingdom!
El Dee 3 years ago
The diagonal red cross is for Ireland, not Northern Ireland. This was its flag prior to being taken over and the Tricolour is the flag (modern) for Eire, not the whole island as it no longer exists as a country. Northern Ireland, despite not being a country (it's a province of Britain) has its own flag, a red cross with the 'red hand of Ulster' at its centre. So the flag doesn't reflect the UK as it is today and, if Scotland becomes independent I don't imagine they would change the flag if they didn't do it when much of Ireland was allowed to become independent..
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Michael Nielsen 3 years ago
You are wrong about the Danish flag. It is from the year 1219. Som sources says 1208, but officiel it is the 15th of June 1219 we got our flag.
Uffe Steenberg 3 years ago
Yep, but wasn't used as any kind of official royal flag right away..
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The danish woman 3 years ago
The danish flag "Dannebrog" fell from the sky in a battle in Estonia in 1219. Not in 1370.
Monsieur Joey 3 years ago
Could be a good topic for "Fun With Flags presented by Sheldon Cooper"...
Yvonne Rankine 3 years ago
The U.K. one surely is hundreds of years before. Henry ViII had currency in his time. Who knows how many years before him there was currency in the UK
My Full Name Is Way Too Long 3 years ago
Not entirely true for the Netherlands as they also used the Prince's Flag (on which the flag of New York wqs based in 1915) as early as 1577. Sadly that flag was later used by the fascist and later nazi-party NSB in the 1930s. The flag is now abused by extreme right-wing groups and walking around with it is now frowned upon because of these groups. The red white and blue flag was around too though, mostly used by merchants, and it is suggested that it might be around two hundred years older than the year used in the pic here. Because of the whole fascist mess last century, the red white and blue became the official flag before WWII started, and has been rhe official flag of the Netherlands since. Personally I just feel a bit sad about it eventhough I'm not a huge fan of the royal house. It just feels like the bad guys won last century and stole the flag. I hope the current flag can be kept away as much as possible from people with a fascist mindset, or any bad mindset for that matter.
Hans-Martin Salzmann 3 years ago
The exact current swedish flag was introduced in 1906...
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The Voice Within 3 years ago (edited)
The UK isn't a single nation and shouldn't be on the list in the first place... The UK is a United Kingdom of nations. If you want UK national flags, you have Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, all with their own unique National flags!
Luciano Denver 3 years ago
típico humor de Chileno, que siempre tiene que hacer algo por existir
#32
Egypt's Pyramids Of Giza May Be Considered One Of The Wonders Of The World, But Sudan Has Nearly Twice The Number Of Pyramids. Sudan Touts 200-255 Known Pyramids, Built For The Kushite Kingdoms Of Nubia, Compared To Egypt's Relatively Paltry 138 Pyramids
Jrog 3 years ago
Giza is world famous for the sheer size of the pyramid. Pyramids as a form of construction was common in many cultures, including south american, european and asian ones
Max 3 years ago
Turns out that a pyramid is a great way to stack rocks so they don't fall down.
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Lemon Beans 3 years ago
Lol I'm so glad to see someone else make a "weird phrase is the name of my band" joke 😝
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Ares Minks 3 years ago
Not sure what your point is here but paltry means inferior or trivial. Calling Egyptian pyramids paltry seems like an interior use of the English language. Also, why degrade one historical site at all? They are all great and worth visiting. If you can only see one or two in your life then choose wisely. Mexico has many spectacular pyramids.
#33
How Come We Aren’t Taught About The Mongol Empire That Much In School
Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
Because it was more of a nomadic migration than a proper empire, lacking consolidation and with a military push which lost steam as soon as it encountered the outskirts of the european kindgoms at Wien. It failed to transition to a well structured and controlled empire, and lasted less than 100 years, fractured in a myriad of warlord states, leaving barely any cultural impression in Europe. This, compared to an empire spanning 6 centuries (or 12, depending on how you count it after the split) who laid the foundation for most of today's European nations and introduced major technical and cultural advancements still in use today. That said, the Mongol empire and the golden horde are definitely taught in school.
Andrew Wildman 3 years ago
(USA here) I think I need to bring up the obvious here too. Almost everything Eurocentric leads the way as far as teachings here over Asian history, regardless of the impact.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I was shocked to find out that mongolia has a pop of like 3.7 million. So in the horde days they must have had even far fewer, so to think this territory was conquered by a handful of horsemen is quite remarkable.
Fred L. 3 years ago
Well, the Mongols were the core but of course you take over forces from all those nations, tribes and people you subjugate. Today there are more ethnic Mongols outside of Mongolia than inside, most of them in China (specifically Inner Mongolia).
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Carolyn Bishop 3 years ago
I was in 7th - 12th grade from 1972-73 -- 1977-78, in North Carolina, USA. We did study this part of history and so much more. Fast forward to 21st Century... now society is deleting history they don't like, well in the USA, anyway. This is sad, sure some of history is deplorable. But lessons were learned - sometimes. My 14 year old Autistic grandson searches history and actually has told me things I didn't want to know, and wished I didn't. This planet has seen many amazing cultures. Why not KNOW !?
Jan Velart 3 years ago
Literacy comes from Roman Empire for about hundred times more people who live in the same area now. You cant apply this to Genghis Khan empire that spreaded across deserts, mountains or other vast regions that are sparsely inhibitted now.
Giulio Verdekiwi 3 years ago
cause size doesn't matter....? rather look to duration and efficiency!
Margaret Hooper 3 years ago
It amazes me that Ghengis Khan, the first Mongol emperor, was so influential in the history of the area he conquered. After all, 16 million people living today are direct descendants of his, according to the DNA.
#34
Second Language
Gabby M 3 years ago
Well considering that many U.S. states used to be a part of Mexico, yeah it's too late. The countries have been mixed for centuries.
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Marie Lucero 3 years ago
It might be from the Hutterites! There are many in Montana, too. They have large properties and lots of kids and they all speak German.
Carol Hobbs 8 months ago
There's a lot of German spoken in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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Michael Sanders 3 years ago (edited)
For clarification "french" in Lousiana can sometimes be taken somewhat loosely. Frequently it is very modified, "cooon asss french" as we call it
SCP-3998 3 years ago
If you put a French person from Louisiana, Canada (Quebec and a French Canadian, yes there is a difference), France, Cote d'Ivoire, and Morocco, none of those people would understand each other. There would be a LOT of confusion in that room lol
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#35
This Is Me At The Lowest Point In Sweden, The Pole Indicates Sea Level
Downunderdude 3 years ago
Why is a Pole indicating sea level? Shouldn't they have had a Swede do it?
#36
This Is Isla Incahuasi: A Small Rocky Outcropping In The Middle Of The Largest Salt Flat On Earth
🇺🇦 PrincessPatton 🇺🇦 3 years ago
The Largest Salt Flat On Earth is called Salar de Uyuni and it is in Bolivia.
Danielle Edwards 3 years ago
The view of the salt flat all round standing on incahuasi is something else
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#37
This Map Shows All Of The Earthquakes With A Magnitude Greater Than 5.0 Over The Last 20 Years
Darian Starfrog 3 years ago
New Zealand (home) sits in between two big plates.. so we rock ALOT.. One day we are going explode and form of land bridge to Australia.. gonna be approx 8 times bigger! Oh what fun that's gunna be!
TrippyBanana 3 years ago
I'm not that surprised by the India and Nepal area as mentioned in the image showing the India topography, India is indeed still moving north so every time the plate moves it folds the land more and pushes the Himalayas up causing quakes. We had a 6.0 in Arizona some years ago. Strangest feeling ever when the house swayed and I had no idea why.
Alex Boyd 3 years ago
I happened to be reading an article about plate tectonics yesterday--one of the things I remember from it is that the continental plates and the oceanic ones are typically made of different kinds of rock. The place where the Indian plate meets the European and Asian ones is special because it's two continental-type plates pushing up against each other. And then the other thing I remember is that the Caribbean is its own plate, which you can see pretty clearly on here!
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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago
That is not correct. Whilst we lived in Scotland, the Loch Nevis fault, we had one over 5, yet your map says Zero in Scotland.
#38
Since Some People Didn't Know What Landlocked Countries Were, I Decided To Make A Map
Barong 3 years ago
Don't forget Vatican City, Andorra, and San Marino. (They could be on this map, but are so small they can't be seen.)
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Fred L. 3 years ago
A country that is landlocked by other landlocked countries.
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Vinay Pai 3 years ago
Lesotho is entirely within South Africa, and Vatican inside Italy. Could be a few more examples I don't know of.
Riley Quinn 3 years ago
Odd. The term landlocked countries seems pretty self-explanatory to me.
#39
Did You Know About The French Border With Brazil?
Hawkmoon 3 years ago (edited)
If you wonder about the Brazilian flag in France, it's because of French Guyana. ;-)
*insertaestheticusername* 3 years ago
i feel so dumb but i dont get what this map is showing can someone pls explain lol
Kassiopeia 3 years ago
The country a country has the longest border with, it gets the flag of that country. Example: Germany's longest border is with Austria therefore it gets the Austrian flag on this map
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When, As An American, You Think How Strange It Is For Russia To Have This Little, Unconnected Piece Of Land Surrounded By Another Country… Then Remember Alaska
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
Putin keeps talking about that Ukraine belongs to Russia and that he wants it back, but completely ignores that this piece of land is Germany's actually - and he'd throw a temper tantrum of the millennia if Germany claimed it back the same way he does it with his neighbor countries.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
When you look at how far south the islands go it makes a little more sense... no much more though. What's really weird is that we have Guam.
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Kaliningrad (under the the name Konigsberg) was once part of Poland, then became part of Germany. The Soviets had occupied it since the end of WWII. so it was technically occupied German territory for 45 years, until a treaty in 1990 (the last treaty of WWII, 45 years after the war ended), officially made it part of Russia.
Smalltoid 3 years ago (edited)
Had to look this up. That's actually hilarious! I wonder if it's illegal to toss a ball back-and-forth with your neighbor across the border.
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Jeffrey Johnson 3 years ago
This was Konigsberg, it is the area Prussian officers came from. The soviets wanted it so they could destroy those families.
Keley Babs 3 years ago
I don't understand AT ALL the point being made with this map. Can someone elaborate please?
#41
The Lost City Of Djado, Sahara Desert, Niger
Hooked 3 years ago
These are usually the places where those vengeful ancient creatures reside. So please keep it lost
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
This is a picture before they lost it. Duh.
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#42
I Always Thought This New Zealand Peninsula Was Strange, Can Someone Explain It?
TeaAndWhimsy 3 years ago
There were twin volcanoes originally that simultaneously erupted, now we have twin harbours. This is Banks Peninsula and the harbours are Lyttelton and Akaroa. Above is Pegasus Bay where Christchurch is located. This is my hometown!
#43
U.s Wildlife Diversity
MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago
We have a lot, A LOT, of cedar trees in Washington. Like, everywhere you look. They provide nice shade though (branches), good firestarter (bark), and the smell of cedar (every part of it)
ChloeThePotato 3 years ago
They don’t call us the evergreen state for nothing, also the bark is really good for weaving!
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Southern red states seem to have most reptiles. Coincidence? I think not.
KDS 3 years ago (edited)
Well reptiles do like the forested areas ohh are you talking about some of the people yeah I agree some of the Governments workers and citizens are I would say snakes but snakes are nature’s pest control they are more like annoying Gnats.
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The spineless jellyfish diversity map is mostly blue, with a bright red spot centered on Washington, DC
Vonkiedool 3 years ago
So america has majority area only 2 fish, 1 frog (amphibian), 1 tree and 1 frog again (reptile)
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
Just one tree in all of Colorado, yep! 😂 I’m skeptical. The maps are still interesting though.
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Is This The Quickest Way To See 5 States? 1 Hour 44 Minutes And Barely 100 Miles
Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago
Or you can stand at Four Corners and do a quick little hop in under a minute with 0 miles traveled.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
You could get all 6 New England states in a day, but you'd miss most of the experience by spending it in a car instead of enjoying the area.
#45
Marker At 90 Degrees North, Aka The Exact Geographic Point Of The North Pole
#46
Falkland Islands:we Did It Boys,argentina Is No More
Jeff Christensen 3 years ago
The story is told of a man begging in London with a sign "Falklands Veteran - please help". An Englishman gave him some money, and he responded "Muchas gracias, senor."
Brandon Parisien 3 years ago
Look up Falklands war, 1982 basically it's a British island also claimed by Argentina. Argentina invaded and sparked a mini war with England.
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Florencia Renedo 3 years ago
Like stealing our islands and killing out soldiers was not enough?
Christopher Preston 3 years ago
What do you mean? When was it actually stolen? I implore you to inform of an actual date, please. Thank you.
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This Is South Africa
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
OMG, reminds me of when I took someone to Niagara falls. I told her, “see that strip of land over the water? That’s Canada”. She replies in all seriousness, “Canada’s really small”.
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Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
The (reddit?) user name below the pic is discouraging though. /jk
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
That's actually just a bay off cape town. South africa is about 1/6 size of usa and yes, that makes it bigger than texas.
#48
Obviously By Area
Robert T 3 years ago
Only been to Cyprus and Crete, but I have flown over the other three, as they are on the routes to Malta.
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40% Of Greece's Population Lives In The Red Area
The Idaho Potato 3 years ago
Athens (Αθηνα). Surprisingly, neither Patras or Thessaloniki are within the red region.
#50
Does Anyone Know What Causes This Chunk Of Light Pollution In Russia East Of The Ural?
Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
The highligted area is the Tyumen Oblast. A region with lot of gas and oil extraction and mining activities. It includes the Samotlor Field, the largest oilfield in Russia. Despite being a rural region with lot of swamps and lakes, it is the richest district in Russia.
Aaricia 3 years ago
The South of the Netherlands is too. I'm such a glowing person, very white, can't get tanned. ;)
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#51
If All The Ice Melted - Northern Europe Animated - A Sea Level Rise Of 70m
Richard Keel 3 years ago
Living in Scotland is a pain if you want to cycle, but we'll weather this particular apocalypse quite well
#52
States With A Lower Population Than New York City (Includes Dc)
Izzy Curer 3 years ago
I recently learned that Maine is the most forested state, and has more coastline than California.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
Maine's forest/paper industry had a lot to do with how it was designed and settled (e.g. where roads and railroads went). In the 1600s, Maine (which was part of Massachusetts at the time) is where you went if the Puritan sheriffs were looking for you. They would never find you!
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Susana Hoffstaedter 3 years ago
I wanna use this post to say that I am so sorry to USA people who have to learn 50 f*****g states. I mean, we only have 26 and sometimes I don't remember them all
Phyzzi 3 years ago
http://chartsbin.com/view/38476 this is also cool, and more applicable probably.
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A Relief Map I Made Of The Korean Peninsula Using A 1967 Map Of The Region
#54
The Republic Of Ireland Fits So Perfectly Onto South Korea
Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago
Because they’re roughly the same size.
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#55
Exaggerated Relief Map Of Spain & Portugal
#56
Is This A Secret Isolated Community?
Robert T 3 years ago
If you click through to the original reddit post, it is the Miccosukee Indian Village, apparently.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
Yeah, it's not on the reservation but it's not too far south so that would make sense. Not a lot else out there.
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Nimues Child 3 years ago (edited)
US Route 41 runs north-south in the middle of the US. I agree with Izzy that these are likely not houses, but something else. Either farm materials that serve the houses nearer to the road or something that might, say, explode or leak and needs to be away from a settled area.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
They don't look like houses to me. I'm thinking maybe some kind of storage tank? The ad-hoc arrangement reminds me of the way a farmer might store hay bales, where it's not supposed to be pretty, or planned-out or permanent, they just plop the next one down wherever it fits. I don't think they actually are hay bales by the look of them, it's just that the way they're arranged makes me think they're something utilitarian. The size of the tire tracks between them tells you they're not big enough to be houses
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
hmm not necessarily, there are lots of small villages like this around the world
#57
A New Perspective (Map Mirrored)
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
What’s going on over India? Looks like old bubble gum stuck to the page.
#58
Russia Has A Larger Surface Area Then Pluto
#59
The Most English Speakers In The World
Tara Moov 3 years ago
Ha, only 283 million out of 330 million, meaning almost 17% of people in the U.S. don't speak English.
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Elliot Fowler 3 years ago (edited)
While I hate what america and britain have done to a lot of the world's nations, I have to admit that them spreading english is one of the best things they have done for mankind. Being so close to having a universal world language is great.
Daffodil 3 years ago
While I agree that it would be lovely to have a universal language, I really hope that wouldn't lead to the slow erasure of other languages from around the world, especially languages that aren't as well known (at least, not as well known to me. I can name like, 1 African language, and I wouldn't want all their languages to be erased)
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Phyzzi 3 years ago
Pakistan was part of India until the English left and all the Muslims in India were pushed to Pakistan and cut out.
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Phendrena 3 years ago
UK has a population of 67 million, with 59 million being English speakers.
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Dariusz M. D. 3 years ago
There is 67 million people living in UK. I noticed they speak a very decent English. More than English speakers in Philippines
The pizza girl is here! 3 years ago
What about other English speaking countries like Canada, Australia and Britain?
Wes Gale 3 years ago
This is 5 countries with the most English speakers by number, so these countries didn't make it due to lower population
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I wanna use this post to informe that BRAZILIAN NATIVE LANGUAGE IS PORTUGUESE, NOT SPANISH, THANKS
#60
Both Shapes Have Roughly The Same Amount Of People Inside Them (Around 720 Million) This Is As Of 2015 As Well, So It May Have Changed A Bit
#61
Countries Mentioned Atleast Once In My History Books
Jrog 3 years ago
Mmmmhhhh... Poland is pretty important, if not else for the blitzkrieg stuff. Balkans, Austria and Czechia too, for this little kerfuffle in 1914-1918.
KM 3 years ago
might have been mentioned by a different name? Austro-Hungarian Empire instead of Austria? None of the Nordic countries are mentioned either, seems unlikely history books would skip vikings altogether.
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Gabriela Cink 3 years ago
Soooo you did not learn about WW I? How it started? Nor About Austrian Empire? Soviet Union? WW II fights in Africa? Or you count only names? In this case it will be not so surprising as some states established recently.
Nimues Child 3 years ago (edited)
I'm curious where you live. In the New England part of the US, we certainly learned about Canada (and our various battles between us pre-US revolution), all of Europe & Scandanavia and Australia - usually in the context of colonialism and/or World Wars. I learned the most about Africa in Dr. Henry Louis Gates' series "Africa's Great Civilizations" - which I highly recommend.
Jeff Christensen 3 years ago
I suppose the Central Asian states (Tajikistan etc) would have been mentioned as Soviet Socilist Republics - or are you including them in the USSR as a whole?
Peaches GreFra 3 years ago
Ridiculous that we didn't learn about the world history properly! When I travelled the world for 3.5 years, I realised how much we actually don't know and it's sad
#62
Everyone Has A Pool In The Montreal Suburbs
MonkeyInTheMiddle 3 years ago
*me wondering why you'd really use it for one season there, while in New Mexico and Arizona, you use the pool every day of the year*
S Mi 3 years ago
I think, because the warm months are so limited here, we make a real effort to enjoy them here
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censorshipsucks 3 years ago
hmm not true, I can see 1-3 houses in the square in the top left bottom corner of the square which do not.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
A bunch of these look like "above ground pools" that you could probably take down in the winter. Was this taken during Covid by some chance? Could be everyone was looking for something to do and was like "oh, they got a pool, that's a good idea".
Ottawa 3 years ago (edited)
No, these are pools that you don't take down (aka real pools) and many suburbs in the province of Quebec have looked like this (including mine 2 hours away from Montreal) long before covid.
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If they had put all that money together, they might have a community pool with a water slide!
Pat Head 3 years ago
Seem like they don't wish to pool their money. I'll see myself to the door.
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All Villages Called "Torre" In Italy. Why Are There So Many?
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago (edited)
My guess is that these are settlements formed around churches with a tower. Since that was the most noticeable thing from a distance, directions like "head towards the tower" soon became "head towards Tower".
François Carré 3 years ago
Why not, but that would be the case all over Europe, and I don't think it is. My guess would be that it specifically dates back from medieval times - a complicated era of political turmoil and civil wars in Italy, most of the times based on loyalty conflicts about which of the claimed universal powers (the Papacy or the Holy Roman Empire) cities would take side with. In the process, even the smallest Italian villages were tempted to act as independent republics, each one with its own aristocracy or merchant bourgeoisie rivaling in pretentions to greatness. Towers were the architectural expression of this - whose one is the tallest ? The famous village of San Gimignano in Tuscany had several towers like this, in spite of being a really small place. Then those towers became noticeable things in the landscape as you say; hence the locations' names.
Load More Replies... Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
Because "Torre" means "Tower", so the name comes from the presence of castles and military fortifications. Italy and Spain in the middle ages have been subject to raids from north-African pirates, so it was common to build spotting towers on the coasts, that sometimes gave their name to nearby villages inhabited by soldiers, fishermen feeding them and workers at the service of the community.
#64
Can Someone Explain Me That??
Dynein 3 years ago
Beach with a steep slope... Green is where plants were able to get a foothold (those areas are probably slightly elevated), white is where the collecting rain water becomes too much and too forceful and regularly clears the path from debris as it flows down into the lake/sea.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
I would have had no idea. Thank you for such an understandable explanation.
Load More Replies... Jrog 3 years ago
Likely, saltwater springs close to the coast. The water comes out of the ground and trickle back to the sea, killing grass and weeds in its trail and leaving clear sand visible.
Dynein 3 years ago
Plants growing along coast lines tend to be very salt tolerant (some of them grow directly in shallow salt water pools!), so I doubt that's the case.
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Turkey Has A Territory In Sudan Ceded By The Sudanese Government For 99 Years In 2018: Suakin Island. Are There Other Territories With The Same Status In The World?
Willem Oosterhof 3 years ago
I don't know if you can call them territories but the US has various Wargrave in Europe, like Margraten in the Netherlands where I live, which is technically US soil.
Phyzzi 3 years ago
If you also count US military bases that are technically US soil, that probably also adds a lot.
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Here is the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_enclaves_and_exclaves
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Sarah Morgan 3 years ago
My great grandfather was in the battle of Vimy Ridge. He was left for dead, with other bodies piled on top of him. If it weren't for someone seeing him move a little bit hours later and rescuing him, I wouldn't exist.
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North Korea Has Some Amazing Mountains, I Do Hope We Can Visit Safely Someday
KM 3 years ago
Unless you are a government official (or have military intelligence connection) you can absolutely visit North Korea today (well, not today because of covid, but before 2020 and, hopefully, one day soon). You need a visa and must use a local tour operator, you tour will be limited by the officially approved itinerary, but it is completely safe.
Snorky The Pig 3 years ago (edited)
he SAYS he has. I bet you that lump of pudge on legs cant climb anything except his bed. *NOT hating on fat people, just fat monsters.
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The Amount Of Area The British Empire Controlled At It's Peak (1920) Represented As A Single Landmass In Asia
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
The British Empire had land around the globe. When they said that "The sun never sets on the British Empire", they meant that there was always a a part of the British Empire where the sun was shining, no matter what the GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) happened to be. The British Empire is also the reason that we use GMT.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago (edited)
If you include the part of USA which the british occupied albeit briefly, you end up with the largest empire of all time. Quite bizarre that such a small island could defeat so many people. I suppose brutality was the method.
Ian Webling 3 years ago
When they said that "The sun never sets on the British Empire", they meant that god does not trust an Englishman in the dark.
#68
Since Us Cultural Regions Are A Hot Topic, Wanted To Share A Map I Made A Couple Of Years Ago That "Mashes Up" The Most Popular Us Cultural Region Maps From Reddit In Order To Identify Core Regions And Transition Zones
The Idaho Potato 3 years ago
I wouldn't consider RTP in the Deep South, and I've lived there for nearly seventeen years.
Nimues Child 3 years ago
I find it curious that northwest Vermont has been excluded from New England. They might beg to differ...
Richard Keel 3 years ago
Appalachia is a great fun word to pronounce if you pretend it's Gàidhlig
#69
Yep, There Is A Similarity
Micha Yehudi 3 years ago
Africa isn't actually a country, it's a continent like North America or Europe, with many countries in it.
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I Love This Map. Notice How Much The Culture Is Dependent On The Geography
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I mean sure, Navajo Nation is a separate culture... but what is different culturally between say, NYC and NE and UsNY (1-3)? All english-speaking, all democrat voting?
Nimues Child 3 years ago
Oooo. Should you ever visit the US, do not ever mash-up New England and New York. They are *very* different and the differences go back to the 1600s. The differences between US regions nearly always come down to how those regions were settled; where the migrants came from and when. Those cultural difference from around the world grew into the differences between US regions.
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Himory TheDreamer 3 years ago
That's really odd to me. I come from a big country as well but whereas sure food and traditional clothing may be different I don't think you could make a map like that here. Mindsets are very much all around regardless from colonization or history and the only way you can really tell who's from where is by accent.
#71
Fun Fact!
Aline Cahill 3 years ago
You can swim in a straight line anywhere if wasn't for anything else 😂
Vonkiedool 3 years ago
If it wasnt for lack of water - you could sail straight from Ireland to the moon, what is OP smoking
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
Well if it weren't for botswana, zimbabwe, malawi, mozambique, tanzania, kenya, ethiopia, saudi, iraq, iran, and kazakhstan, I would swim to russia. What is your point? That there are land masses?
#72
Europe But Europe Colonized It
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I'm not sure what is going on here. Are they suggesting that european colonists normally make geometric, straight borders? If so, that's not really true. Certainly in South Africa the borders were determined by rivers.
Fenchurch 3 years ago (edited)
I think they are trying to be clever about how Europeans colonized the USA and made stupid straight line edges to the states. They are failing in being clever.
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Probably means - Europe if it was controlled by america - it is only there that they have such borders
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Gabrielle Riley 3 years ago
This whole thing is a actually pretty interesting, especially the one about the depth of the world's lakes. Superior is by far the coldest of the Great Lakes in th US
Tree P 3 years ago
Yes, I have been to lake Superior many times, and I only remember one time it was warm enough to swim in! It is about two miles from my Grandpa's farm.
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House Of Forget 3 years ago
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Panda-riffic 3 years ago
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Gabrielle Riley 3 years ago
This whole thing is a actually pretty interesting, especially the one about the depth of the world's lakes. Superior is by far the coldest of the Great Lakes in th US
Tree P 3 years ago
Yes, I have been to lake Superior many times, and I only remember one time it was warm enough to swim in! It is about two miles from my Grandpa's farm.
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Panda-riffic 3 years ago
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