40 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Teach You Something New About Our World (New Pics)

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There Is A Lake In Finland, That Looks Like Finland

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A World Map Drawn By Ottoman Sailor Ali Macar Reis In 1567 (Considered The Most Accurate In The Time Period)

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Concentration Of Castles In Europe

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My Dad's World Map Pencil Case From 1961

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Map Of All The Counties Of The Contiguous United States Carved From Over 3 Thousand Wooden Blocks

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Topography Of Europe

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Obesity Rates In The USA vs. Europe

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In The Film Rat Race (2001), The First Cow Seth Green Hits Whilst Hanging From A Hot Air Balloon, Has A Map Of The World As Its Spots

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Countries Where "Conversion Therapy" Is Still Legal

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Americans Were Asked To Point To Iran On A Map

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Has Russia Been At War With European Countries?

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#12

World's Population

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#13

I Rode My Bicycle 11,877 Miles Across Europe

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#14

Which Country Has The Most Attractive People According To Europe

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#15

The State Of Democracy

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#16

Position Of The North Magnetic Pole Since 1590

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#17

Map Of Greek Island Chains

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#18

A Map Of Every American City

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#19

Languages Spoken In China

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#20

Most Polluted Cities In The World On November 5, 2022

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#21

What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe

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#22

How Do You Say The Number 92

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#23

Most Popular Sport In Each Country

Estimated Average Age Of Young People Leaving Their Parental Household, 2019

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People Who Think Forcing A Partner To Have Sex Should Not Be Illegal. Survey Around The EU

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#26

School Uniform Policy By Country

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#27

How Much Trouble Lions Are Really In

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#28

Forests In Germany, 50 A.d. vs. Today

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#29

UN Vote To End US Embargo Against Cuba

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#30

Where The Death Penalty Survives Around The World

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Terrorist Attacks In Europe That Killed At Least One Person 1970-2015

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#32

World’s Most Surveilled Cities

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#33

Countries That Have Been Bombed By The US

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Countries That Have Us Military Bases

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America

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#36

Traditional Naming Customs Around The World

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#37

Where The World Wants To Move To

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#38

Life Expectancy At Subnational Level

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#39

A Map Of Every Chinese City

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Ivo H 1 year ago

Decorative highway interchange *snort*

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Alex Chan 1 year ago

LOL, when the highway intersection is too complex, it doesn't make sense to some people, hence "decorative".

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Samyan Elrod 1 year ago

So true tho

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Silvermidnight 1 year ago (edited)

Idk, but isn't this more simple than the US? You will know where everything is . . . unless it got lost . . .

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Mimi La Souris 1 year ago

Nail House :D 34303d13b4...298c3a.jpg

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Neuropotathy 1 year ago

16 level pig farm, happy camp for misbehaving citizens, square where nothing happened in 1989

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Rajnish Dadarwal 1 year ago

Copy of a famous building hehe

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Heather Talma 1 year ago

Is the nail house actually smack in the middle of the ring road?

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Terran 1 year ago

It's very difficult to evict someone in China for construction projects, so if a homeowner decides to stay, the construction company is forced to build around the house. It's quite common in China to see lonely houses in the middle of a highway.

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LakeMonster 1 year ago

"copy of a famous building"

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YouKiddingMe 1 year ago

A nail house in the middle of the road?

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Terran 1 year ago

It's very difficult to evict someone in China for construction projects, so if a homeowner decides to stay, the construction company is forced to build around the house. It's quite common in China to see lonely houses in the middle of a highway.

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#40

Most Common Baby Names In London, 2021

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#41

Map Of The US If It Had The Same Territorial/Population Concessions Demanded Of It As Ukraine: 15% Of Their Land Area And 25% Of Their Population

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#42

The Countries In Blue Have A Smaller Population Than Uttar Pradesh (In Red, A State In India)

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#43

The Super Original And Not At All Boring Names Of The Portuguese Regions

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#44

Map Of The UN General Assembly Vote Results On The Territorial Integrity Of Ukraine From Russia

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#45

Un Vote Calling For Investigation Into Women's Rights And Human Rights Situation In Iran

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Tap Water Supply In Households Of India. (15 Aug 2019 - 13 Oct 2022). A Result Of The Ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission (Literally Water{=}life Mission)

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#47

How Much Land Does Ukraine Still Controls In Russian Occupied Oblasts?

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#48

1918 American Map Of Hunger In Europe

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#49

European Countries Where Jews Were Allowed To Exist In 1500

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#50

World Population Has Hit 8 Billion

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#51

Map That Shows If You Were To Drill Straight Through The Earth Where You Would Pop Out On The Other Side

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#52

Most Visited Tourist Attraction/Place In Every European Country

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#53

Chinese High-Speed Railway Map 2008 vs. 2020

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#54

Geolocation Of Anti-Muslim Tweets Around The World

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#55

Cultural Regions Of The United States

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#56

Poverty In South America

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#57

Estimated Map Of Odysseus's 10 Year Journey During The Events Of The Odyssey (Warning: Spoilers)

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#58

Homicide Rate In Europe

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#59

Number Of Universities In The Top 1000 In The Ranking 2023

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#60

Percentage Of iPhone Users In Europe

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#61

Did You Know There Is A Part Of Italy Completely Surrounded By Switzerland?

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#62

Total Surface Area Annexed By Russia In Ukraine Is Bigger Than 27 European Countries

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#63

The Comprehensive Status Of Nuclear Power In The World

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#64

Greater Tokyo vs. Greater London

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#65

Share Of People Who Trust Journalists In Their Country

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#66

So I Got An Atlas From My Great Grand-Father

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#67

An Anglicised Germany

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#68

Number Of Prisoners Per 100000 People In Europe

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#69

The Beginning Of National Anthems

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#70

The Most Common Restaurant Cuisine In Each US State

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#71

Royal Family Connections Prior To The French Revolution (1789)

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#72

Countries With The Most Syrian Refugees

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#73

Map Of Number Of People Born In The Given Country Currently Living Abroad, As A Percentage Of The Total Population, As Of 2015

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#74

Smoking Rate In Europe Compared To The Us

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#75

Percentage Of Ukrainians Voting Yes In The Country's 1991 Referendum On Independence

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#76

This Map Shows 3,554 Shipwrecks Around Ireland

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Sheep Distribution In Europe (European Food Safety Authority)

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#78

Florida Has Officially Become A Red State, Governor Elections 2018 vs. 2022

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#79

Hand Drawn World Map

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#80

Fertility Rates In Europe

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#81

Drawing Europe From Memory On A Sequence Pillow, A Little Stretched Towards The North East But Not Bad

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#82

Tap Water Consumption In Europe

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#83

Travel Times From London In 1914

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#84

How Different European Countries Pronounce The X In Mexico

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#85

Countries The United States Has Officially Declared War Against

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#86

The Gutting Of Central Boston

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#87

North American Population Density 2020

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#88

Size Comparison Of The World's Smallest Countries

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#89

The Giver Of Each Country's Largest Ever Soccer Defeat

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#90

Map Of U.S. Zip Code Zones

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#91

Land Doesn't Vote, People Do

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#92

Use Of Cyrillic Alphabet Throughout The World

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#93

Travel Advice From Gouvernment Of Canada

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#94

Map Of The 13 British Overseas Territories

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Adult Obesity Rates In The US - 2021

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#96

Nato vs. Russia In 1960 vs. 1988 vs. 2022: The Longest Rivalry In Modern Politics?

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#97

The Lost Jewish Communities Of The Arab World

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P**nstars Per Million Inhabitants In Europe

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#99

German Plans Published In 1938 - How It Is Possibile That Nobody Saw WWII Come?

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#100

Areas Of Russian-Occupied Ukraine That Putin Plans To Annex

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#101

Argentina's Official Map

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#102

Countries That Recognise Kosovo

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#103

Brazilian Presidential Elections 2nd Oct 2022, After 97.7% Of The Ballots Counted (In Only 4 1/2 Hours). Red: Lula, Blue: Bolsonaro. Source: Tse/G1

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I Saw Your Interesting Map With Italian Companies And Would Like To Add A Map With The Largest German Companies

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#105

US House Of Representatives Vote On The 1964 Civil Rights Act

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#106

Red And Blue States But It's The 90s

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U.S. Counties That Have More LGBT People Per Capita Than The National Average

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#108

CIA Depiction Of Morocco (Before And After 2021)

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#109

2022 Congressional Map Results

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#110

Legalisation Of Cannabis Around The World

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Most Popular Anime In Each Country

Georgian Territories Currently Occupied By Russian Forces

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Armenia - Azerbaijan Crisis, And The Very Complicated Situation In The Caucasus After The War In 2020

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#114

Population Distribution

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#115

530 Palestinian Villages Destroyed And Depopulated In 1948

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The Ethnic Cleansing Started Before The War

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#117

Soviet Advances In The Eastern Front From October Of 1942 (Greatest Axis Advance) To May Of 1945 (German Surrender) Every Month

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#118

Purchased Territories Of The United States

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#119

Italian Map Of Europe. Can You Tell The Year It Was Made?

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#120

Current State Government Trifectas

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#121

"Mary vs. Merry vs. Marry" Pronunciation Differences

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#122

Islam In Canada, 2021 vs. 2011

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#123

Here Is A Map Of The Best Result By Country

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#124

Population Change Since 1840 Or The Unique Case Of Ireland

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#125

USA Recognition In The 18th Century

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Map Of Usage Of Date Formats By Country

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