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You can look at the world from a lot of different perspectives, and maps are excellent tools that reflect this diversity of viewpoints.

Each cartographer chooses the story they want to tell, highlighting elements of geography, history, economy, and other areas to paint their own version of our planet.

Maybe it details countries and their borders, maybe it shows the spread of religions, or maybe it reveals the most popular soda drink in every region.

The social media project 'Terrible Maps' shares a whimsical and sometimes absurd approach to mapmaking, and it's full of funny takes you don't normally see in geography textbooks. Continue scrolling to see our hand-picked favorites!

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    Oklahoma If It Was Used To Express Feelings

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    A World Map Centered On Antarctica

    A World Map Centered On Antarctica

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    Australia vs. Austria, Just For Clarity

    Australia vs. Austria, Just For Clarity

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    #9

    Being A Bad Neighbour

    Being A Bad Neighbour

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    Donkeywheel
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The reason why the border is shaped that way is the path of a river. That’s exactly the same reason why the power plant was built in this place (cooling water needed). And this nuclear power plant produces electricity for Belgium (and Luxembourg, and Germany). I guess you’d have to be an ignorant idiot to call that being a crappy neighbour.

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    #11

    Fatalities From Texting And Driving In 1960

    Fatalities From Texting And Driving In 1960

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    #13

    A Map Of The Earth After A Sea Level Rise Of 480m... Just Because

    A Map Of The Earth After A Sea Level Rise Of 480m... Just Because

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    Australia.. Explained To Americans

    Australia.. Explained To Americans

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    ॐBoyGanesh
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get Melbourne being NY-ish & Sydney-Brisbane as California. But how is Canberra similar to Jersey?

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    #15

    Fun Fact: Cyprus Is Just A More Aerodynamic Version Of The USA

    Fun Fact: Cyprus Is Just A More Aerodynamic Version Of The USA

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    #17

    Egypt Is Smaller Than The United States, Russia And China Combined

    Egypt Is Smaller Than The United States, Russia And China Combined

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    #18

    Map Of All The Churches In Poland

    Map Of All The Churches In Poland

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    #19

    Olive Oil Europe vs. Butter Europe

    Olive Oil Europe vs. Butter Europe

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    #20

    Map Of European Countries Playing Football

    Map Of European Countries Playing Football

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    #21

    30 People Drew A Map Of The World From Memory. The Results Were Merged

    30 People Drew A Map Of The World From Memory. The Results Were Merged

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    Map Of Europe But With The Wrong Font Size

    Map Of Europe But With The Wrong Font Size

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    Robert T
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You didn't see the rotating globe we did when we mixed up our sines and cosines. I looked great until it rotated, then it all went a bit pear-shaped, as in a pear that had been run over by a steam roller!

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    Minimalistic World Map

    Minimalistic World Map

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    A Map Of Poland's Subways

    A Map Of Poland's Subways

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    Robert T
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can see Hel from here. It's right at the end of the long thing sticky outy bit top-centre. :D

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    #25

    Most Popular Soda In Every European Country. The Scots Won't Be Happy With This

    Most Popular Soda In Every European Country. The Scots Won't Be Happy With This

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    OneWithRatsAndKefir
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you asked me to guess, I would have said kvass… though I am admittedly biased!

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    #28

    Countries That Bill Gates Is Richer Than Are Marked With A Picture Of Bill Gates Smiling

    Countries That Bill Gates Is Richer Than Are Marked With A Picture Of Bill Gates Smiling

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    #29

    Most Popular Words In Online Dating Profiles, By State

    Most Popular Words In Online Dating Profiles, By State

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    #30

    A Map Of The World Without Islands

    A Map Of The World Without Islands

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    Rachel Pelz
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After the next Brexit, when Britain voted to leave both UN and the planet.

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    #31

    Words For Coma (The Medical Condition) In European Languages

    Words For Coma (The Medical Condition) In European Languages

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    #33

    Gold Coast, Silver Coast, Bronze Coast

    Gold Coast, Silver Coast, Bronze Coast

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    Flag Map Showing Only The Red Colour Of The Flags

    Flag Map Showing Only The Red Colour Of The Flags

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    OneWithRatsAndKefir
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder how many countries don’t change at all? I know Latvia, Austria, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland…

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    #35

    A Flag Map Of Europe But Each Flag Is Determined By Which Country They Share The Longest Border With

    A Flag Map Of Europe But Each Flag Is Determined By Which Country They Share The Longest Border With

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    Rachel Pelz
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it Brazil for France because of their territories in South America/the Caribean?

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    The Most Popular Word In Each State

    The Most Popular Word In Each State

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    The Most Successful Music Artist From Each European Country

    The Most Successful Music Artist From Each European Country

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    Robert T
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can name a few: U2 (Ireland), Beatles (UK), Aha (Norway), ABBA (Sweden), Aqua (Denmark), Nana Mouskouri (Greece), Enrique Iglesias (Spain), Bjork (Iceland)

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    #39

    South America Flag Map. Don't Act Like This Isn't Sexy

    South America Flag Map. Don't Act Like This Isn't Sexy

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    Jonny Dio
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela share the same colors in the same order (only the symbol is different), because once the were part of the same country, the Great Colombia.

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    #40

    Topographic Map Of Africa

    Topographic Map Of Africa

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    #41

    A Southerner's View Of The UK

    A Southerner's View Of The UK

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    James016
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the Watford Gap service station is on that line then this is accurate.

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    Map Showing Eastern vs. Western Europe

    Map Showing Eastern vs. Western Europe

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    MaximumKarmaSaint
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does seem a bit complicated when you put it on a map, I swear it isn't when you just think about it.

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    #43

    How Far Are You From The Coast?

    How Far Are You From The Coast?

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    US Governors By Eye Colour

    US Governors By Eye Colour

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    Jazz
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    7 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you know that all people with blue eyes are related? The blue eyes mutation was because someone was involved with their cousin thousands of years ago. Weird, huh?

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    #45

    Population Distribution Of The United States In Units Of Canadas

    Population Distribution Of The United States In Units Of Canadas

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    Expectation vs. Reality

    Expectation vs. Reality

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    There's Something Not Quite Right With This Map But I Can't Put My Finger On It

    There's Something Not Quite Right With This Map But I Can't Put My Finger On It

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    A Map Of The EU Made Out Of UKs

    A Map Of The EU Made Out Of UKs

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    A Map Of The US If Every State Was Horribly Out Of Proportion

    A Map Of The US If Every State Was Horribly Out Of Proportion

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    #52

    Knowledge Of Cherokee In The EU

    Knowledge Of Cherokee In The EU

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    Donkey boi
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    7 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wanted to make a joke about how 'we've all heard of the Jeep'. But I'm Irish, and we have tremendous respect for the native nations.

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    #53

    How Many Times Can You Fit The Population Of Scotland Inside England?

    How Many Times Can You Fit The Population Of Scotland Inside England?

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