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40 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Teach You Something New About Our World (New Pics)
With so much information being thrown at us on a daily basis, it’s easy to lose focus and drift into apathy. Who cares about so many things at once, anyway?
No wonder more and more people are drawn to this old-time form of systematized information accompanied by great visualization. We’re talking maps. And not just dusty maps from your attic, but the most fascinating pieces that present things we know (and the ones we don’t!) in a refreshing light.
This subreddit has already earned its name as the ultimate destination for fans of cartography, so below we prepared a new batch of the most intriguing examples. After you’re done, be sure to check out more features of maps we did before here, here, and here.
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#1
There Is A Lake In Finland, That Looks Like Finland
Marcellium 2 years ago (edited)
In case you're wondering, because I looked it up immediately when I had learned about it: It's manmade, was made in 1991, is 116 meters long, and a 1:10,000 scale of Finland! The construction engineer was Esko Sääskilahti. It was going to be the Centerpoint of a tourist village, but that part was never completed. The lake took a week to excavate. Hope you enjoyed learning some more! :-)
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#2
A World Map Drawn By Ottoman Sailor Ali Macar Reis In 1567 (Considered The Most Accurate In The Time Period)
#3
Concentration Of Castles In Europe
#4
My Dad's World Map Pencil Case From 1961
#5
Map Of All The Counties Of The Contiguous United States Carved From Over 3 Thousand Wooden Blocks
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
Probably 'counties', not countries. Edit 5 hours later to add: hmm, they changed the title from 'countries' to 'counties' so this comment now confusing, "huh?".
#6
Topography Of Europe
#7
Obesity Rates In The USA vs. Europe
#8
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
#9
Countries Where "Conversion Therapy" Is Still Legal
#10
Americans Were Asked To Point To Iran On A Map
#11
Has Russia Been At War With European Countries?
#12
World's Population
#13
I Rode My Bicycle 11,877 Miles Across Europe
#14
Which Country Has The Most Attractive People According To Europe
#15
The State Of Democracy
#16
Position Of The North Magnetic Pole Since 1590
#17
Map Of Greek Island Chains
#18
A Map Of Every American City
#19
Languages Spoken In China
#20
Most Polluted Cities In The World On November 5, 2022
#21
What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe
Headless Roach 2 years ago
Why is everybody walking away from Poland? Did Poland say anything controversial again?
#22
How Do You Say The Number 92
#23
Most Popular Sport In Each Country
#24
Estimated Average Age Of Young People Leaving Their Parental Household, 2019
#25
People Who Think Forcing A Partner To Have Sex Should Not Be Illegal. Survey Around The EU
#26
School Uniform Policy By Country
Natalie Bohrteller 2 years ago (edited)
I love how Finland is like "Perkele, absolutely no school uniforms in our place!"
#27
How Much Trouble Lions Are Really In
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
this is somewhat misleading... the blue is game reserves. There would be near-zero lions left without game reserves.
#28
Forests In Germany, 50 A.d. vs. Today
#29
UN Vote To End US Embargo Against Cuba
DC 2 years ago
The cold war is over, a new one about to start, if we're lucky to not get into a hot one - I'd want Cuba by my side rather than allied with the opponent... You know, just because some conservative digheads are still salty about it, some 30 years after cold war's end, the bloqueo should end as well. It's literally good for nothing.
Andy Saputo 2 years ago
The US won't lift the embargo until the Cuban government allows for fair Democratic elections.
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John Dilligaf 2 years ago (edited)
sadly ironic that we embargoed Cuba because "they're communist and don't hold free and fair elections and they're communist" but we never embargoed the USSR, or East Germany, or any other communist country. In fact it seems to me that we only embargo small countries that somehow humiliated us, ie Cuba (Bay of Pigs) , North Korea (by simply existing when we don't want it to) and Vietnam (by winning a war against us). Not that we're petty and vindictive or anything,
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
That is just ultra vindictiveness. USA, grow up, put your big girl pants on and let the little guy get on with being a better place to live instead of acting like the school bully having a decades long tantrum against an ex girlfriend because she did something he didn't like ....
Ralph Watkins 2 years ago
Big businesses in the US will be able to exploit the Cuban economy & it's people just like the good ole days. 50 years later they can have another revolution & things will go back to abnormal again.
The other-other David Wong 2 years ago
So, if the vote passed would the US actually do it? I guess it depends on which regime we are under at the time.
Andy Saputo 2 years ago
In the 1960's Cuba allowed the Soviet Union to put their nuclear weapons on their island. This, understandably, was much too close to the US mainland. After some talks between the US and the Soviet Union, the ships carrying the nuclear warheads turned back but since then, the US has punished Cuba for allowing it.
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Where The Death Penalty Survives Around The World
Nicholas Zaal 2 years ago
In my country (South Africa) we have terrible crime rates. Some say bringing the death penalty back would reduce it but Europe is a good example that that would not be the case.
#31
Terrorist Attacks In Europe That Killed At Least One Person 1970-2015
#32
World’s Most Surveilled Cities
#33
Countries That Have Been Bombed By The US
#34
Countries That Have Us Military Bases
#35
America
#36
Traditional Naming Customs Around The World
#37
Where The World Wants To Move To
#38
Life Expectancy At Subnational Level
#39
A Map Of Every Chinese City
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