30 Fascinating Maps You Don’t See In School, As Shared On This Online Group (New Pics)
Interview With ExpertWhere would we be without maps? After all, they don’t just exist to help us find directions, although that is an important and noble task, they can also be used to help contextualize important details about the world around us. Data can appear dry, boring and downright painful to look through until it is “mapped” onto a place our brains can understand.
This page shares interesting, cool and novel maps that might just teach you something new about the world. We got in touch with Richard Layman, a urban/commercial district revitalization, transportation advocate and consultant in Washington, DC to learn more. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and comments your thoughts below.
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Authentic Geological Map Of Scotland
Friendly Reminder Of How Ridiculously Big The Pacific Ocean Is
Flew from Japan to LA before jets were a thing. Took 2 full days in 1958 . Imagine being stuck on that plane as a 7 year old. We would go sit it the bathroom for a change of view.
I joined the navy to see the world, what did I see, I saw the sea. I joined the navy to meet some girls, what did I see, I saw the see We saw the Pacific and the Atlantic But the Atlantic isn't romantic And the Pacific isn't what it's cracked up to be
Back in the 70s I joined the Merchant Navy and I saw the world. I visited about 40 countries, some of them much more than once. More than half the time was in port or at roads.
Load More Replies...They hiding round the back. Really quick continental drift
Load More Replies...Except Atlantis wasn't meant to be in the Pacific. There's a clue in the name.
Load More Replies...Map Of Armenian Genocide And Deportation From The Ottoman Empire. It Started 109 Years Ago Today
I didn't even know this was a thing, going to google to educate myself some more.
The Turks don't recognize the Armenian Genocide despite the abundance of material evidence. Perhaps not to be wondered at, because they perpetrated it and profited from the genocide.
Load More Replies...WIth Erdogan still denying it, and calling us germans Nazi's for officially recognizing it as genocide
Please read “Horrors of Adana” by a scholar named Der Matossian. It is a STUNNING book about exactly this genocide.
And yet the sponsor of the wars in Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq is sponsoring what happens in Gaza today (
Well, Al Qaeda and the Hamas had it comming to be fair - killing hundreds of civilians and attacking a way superior military force couldn't have ended in any other result
Load More Replies...The word "slavery" evolved from the Ottoman Empire - their vicious treatment of the Slavic nations :: Constantinople now Istanbul/Turkey and further back Byzantium was the Muslim Ottoman Capital :: the Ottoman Empire was on the side of the Germans then Nazis in the 2 World Wars
It's a very sensitive topic politically. From a geo-political perspective, many countries don't want to rub Erdogan the wrong way, but at the same time there is uncontrovertible evidence for who perpetrated this genocide. In the meantime the Armenians are left without a place they call home and they have scant possibilities of commemorating their people.
Load More Replies..."They".... when you categorise an entire people, there's a word for that.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda got in touch with Richard Layman, a urban/commercial district revitalization and transportation advocate and consultant in Washington, DC to learn more about city planning and the data needed to make good decisions. First and foremost, we wanted to hear some common misconceptions he has encountered as part of this role.
“People often don't understand the difference between capital and operating funding. The solution to homelessness is actually simple. Build more housing and provide support services as needed. What the problem is is coming up with the money. E.g. Salt Lake County needs at least 2 billion to build what is required and 150 million per year for services, for 5,000 people. But the population is not static, demand will only grow. Plus that people don't want housing for severely needy people to be located nearby.”
Climate Of Australia Compared To The World
Lots of states and climates to compare? Because it originally was done for the US? Today I learned I live in a climate similar to coastal Washington, which is interesting because in summer the temperature is in the 30s (85 upwards) and can even be in the 40s up to 45 (113). Hot!
Load More Replies...if I ever visit Australia, I guess it's going to be coastal victoria/nsw. I don't deal with heat well. But something tells me the climate being "like England" is still England in a heatwave >.>
Um...Los Angeles is NOT in Southern Nevada. The name you are looking for is Las Vegas.
That’s around Jindabyne, and can get pretty chilly, although I agree it’s not Iceland levels
Load More Replies...So I went from a climate like Louisiana to a climate like Alaska. Big difference
People’s Common Reaction When You Start Speaking Their Language
I think I've told this story before but a friend of mine sent a love letter to her French boyfriend, in French, and he sent it back to her with the grammar corrected. So that tracks with the French reaction...
It’s a proof of love (for me), when you don’t care, you leave the flaws, when you love you want the person to improve.
Load More Replies...Not true. The stereotype of the French that's repeated here is simply not true. I've lived in France (and CH) for more than 20 years and my French accent is still far from perfect, but not once has any French person been anything other than pleased and supportive of my efforts at their language.
The French people I've met have without exception been polite about my schoolgirl French
Load More Replies...On the very limited experience I have with France, I found that if I didn't even greet people in French, they were really snotty with me. When I figured it out and just gave a Bonjour they were much nicer. However my sample size is miniscule.
Bonjour isn't even about the language persay it is just being polite. It is key to any trip any where in France. I tell this to anyone who goes and they all back up your experience
Load More Replies...I'm always kind with people who try to speak French with me, even if don't understand a single word. Our grammar is so illogical that even exceptions have exceptions!
YES! And So many ways to conjugate a verb lol loved my Bescherelle dictionary growing up, helped me with my grammar ( rural Francophone community in Canada ) :)
Load More Replies...I lived in France and people were consistently really patient and supportive of my French, especially at the beginning. Its not the English language but the English tourists that no one has time for. English tourists are usually drunk, shouting and mentioning WWIi like they were there. English (BBC) shows regularly deride the French, for no particular reason. And then they wonder why people aren't excited to listen to them?
Nah for France. If you can speak it with any sort of sense (not even fluency), they will be very excited and happy.
Not me ^^' I just slow down on my side and say a lot of "hæ?" Back when I don't catch it XD
Load More Replies...I find it so weird how English speakers expect everyone to know the language, and are upset when they realize that not everyone does. There are some pretty stupid politicians in my country, but I have to respect somebody speaking in their second, or even third language publicly.
I admire anyone who lives and works in a different language. Especially English it's a bloody stupid language I say this as an English person.
Load More Replies...In America, I see people all the time who don't want to hear broken English from someone who just immigrated. And I keep imagining how they probably wouldn't be able to learn Russian, so why not give the person a break. America doesn't actually have a national language, so be happy they tried.
If you say Bonjour and you ask IN FRENCH if they speak english and then stumble along in C+ high school French even Parisians are lovely. Or at least no worse than anyone living in a big city with more to their lives then helping some lost tourists
Earthquake Risk In Europe
For such a big place, not a lot of European is on a plate boundary/near enough to one to be badly affected by earthquakes!
I'm a Brit, living in California. The worst earthquake I've experienced was in Bristol, England!
We get 2 to 3 hundred picked up on the RS but 20 to 30 that can be felt yearly
The only, and very small, earthquake that I ever experienced was about 22 years ago, in the UK. It was around 01:00 in the morning, and we were getting ready to go to bed and there was this vast rumbling noise, like someone bowling a huge bowling ball, and the whole street rushed out yelling "What was THAT?". One and only experience. Thanks be.
We "apparently have a lot of earthquakes yearly, but we don't necessarily feel them. We are a tiny island and that will be why
Load More Replies...Those darn tectonic plates with their crashing and smashing into each other.
He also had some suggestions for urban development advocates. “When advocating, don't use examples from Europe or Portland/far away states. The elected have a hard time with that. Use best practice examples closer to home. Relatedly, while every place is unique, few are so exceptional that they can't be compared to and learn from other places.”
Percentage Of Children Born Out Of A Registered Marriage
wellllll there may be some rules regarding this with muslims
Load More Replies...The less restrictive the religion, the more accepting and progressive the populace.
It's not all religion. In some countries "marital rape" isn't considered a crime. [ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/eur460562005en.pdf ] Quote: "With no specific law on violence against women in the family, marital rape is not recognized as a specific crime under Russian law. Articles 131 to 133 of the Russian Criminal Code criminalize rape or sexual abuse. The relationship between victim and perpetrator is not mentioned, so charges can theoretically be brought under these articles in cases of marital rape. But Amnesty International has not been able to find cases where rape in a marriage or close relationship had been prosecuted."
Load More Replies...note it says born, not conceived..so, turkey and greece may have just as many conceived out of wedlock...
Those under 30% aren't just catholic fanatics or muslim fanatics. Many of them in Eastern Europe have laws allowing males to beat (or in some places rape) women they are married to, and refuse to prosecute those crimes.
I guess in older time it would be to make sure that everyone got along and was happy with having the kids and that no-one would leave because when religious scriptures and the like were invented the whole family would have to depend on each other to survive but as the world has progressed it slowly lost that meaning
Load More Replies...Brazil Overlaid Onto Europe
Did you know: Brazil is so big that it can fit the entirety of Brazil within itself :D
Interestingly, Brazil also has more tropical rainforests and more Amazonases than Europe. Europe, on the other hand, is much closer to Europe.
...so really, all those legendary wars y'all had ... were essentially street fights for a couple extra blocks turf... neighborhood gang activity. You guys need to get over yourselves...
Yeah, that´s basically what wars are about. In a bigger context of course. Did you forget all YOUR "legendary" wars, as I presume you are American? Oh, I forgot that you fought in OUR wars as well, but never on your own turf. Very easy, when you don´t have much neighbours and forget about the "rest" of the world, when divided from it by two huge oceans.
Load More Replies...Average Speed Of Trains In Europe
Pretty sure this is solely based on schedules and does not reflect reality in some countries.
Germany would be painted light red in that case
Load More Replies...At first I forgot that kilometers exist and thought that was miles and I was thinking I had no idea how fast trains are. Now I'm thinking I have no idea how kilometers covert to miles, and I also have no idea how fast trains are!
I'm not sure how they're calculated but i find it hard to believe it's as high as this. I suspect they are counting only high-speed intercity trains. For example, in France the TGV can go up to 270km/h but considering that on some sections of track it has to go slower, and factoring in stops, I can believe it does 195 on average. But there are many more non-TGV trains than TGVs and they go much slower. So this is not the average speed of all trains in France as the title claims.
It's a meaningless stat. Spain is mostly empty, nearly all the population along the north, east, and southern edge with Madrid in the middle. Almost all rail is direct and far (100+km), so there's no need to stop. The same goes with France, two large corridors along the north and west and the eastern border going north-south. Compare that with Ireland, Britain, Netherlands, etc. where there are dozens of towns 10-20km apart and need rail but can't justify 200kmh lines.
it includes the speed of the cargo trains, which always are slower than the public train
“I argue that the point of planning and zoning is to improve quality of life. When it doesn't do that routinely it's an indicator that the processes are flawed. And, developers are the leads, not planners. Plans shape what can be done, but only with vision. And elected officials listen to developers a lot more than planners.”
U.S. Counties Where The African American Population Is 25% Or More
Henry Ford could be accused of running his shop like he was a plantation owner....but he paid five bucks a day, and nobody else did then... that'd be Dearborn....right next to Detroit, the red dot in the mitten of Michigan. Henry hated Jews, but he'd pay anybody...any faith, any color...if they'd do the job. Kinda unusual in the US back then...
Load More Replies...The white supremacist republiclowns in Missish~tty are trying to take away the rights of ALL Black voters. They want the mayor and government of Jackson, the state capital, to be APPOINTED by the state all-white government, to end all voting for the mayor. Black people are the majority of the population in Jackson. Edit: I see that racists WANT voting rights taken away from Black people.
I live in that tiny red county near the bottom of Florida. Good to see my home represented!
Yet they talk about "black neighborhoods" or "black communities" all over the country. During the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, I read oodles of comments and even articles talking about where he lived as a "black community" or "black neighborhood". It wasn't. It was Minneapolis. Minneapolis has huge diversity. (One neighborhood in Mpls has immigrants from over 120 different countries.) The closest to a "black neighborhood" would be North Mpls (not South Mpls where Floyd was killed). And when I lived in N Mpls, I would say maybe 60-70% of my neighbors were white (including Hispanic). And some percentage was of Asian descent.
Honestly, when I lived in Kent, Washington, it seemed like over 60% were black..
Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC are democratic.Edit:Georgia as well.
Load More Replies...How Safe Do People Feel To Walk Alone At Night In Europe (2024)
It's really important with this dataset to recognise it is purely about *feelings* not *actual risk*. I've seen so many headlines about how this country or that is sliding down the safety league table etc and when I've followed up on the data, the crime rates rarely track the perceptions. Much more to do with political and media narratives, esp around immigration.
***Perception based surveys are not real data***. You may feel in danger walking in Paris because of massive police presence all around, and feel safer in Moscow because you are drunk and careless. Data shown in this map have very little resemblance with actual crime statistics.
I'd be interested in knowing if those polled were cis or LGBT+ individuals, and of what gender. Crime rates and perception of safety are dramatically different for different individuals.
That's a good point. Women are more likely to fear being attacked, but men are more likely to be attacked. Not everyone will feel the same because their situations won't be the same.
Load More Replies...i am shocked by sweden...actually all of europe...cerrent numbers for u.s. are 63% feeling safe...actually something like 85% for men and 45% for women, but i think it is probably universal that men feel twice as sae at night than women
That's strange about Belarus being at the top. Its a really safe country as long as you're not protesting or going against the regime.
If I understand this right Belarus is one of the LOWEST rates of feeling safe with only 41%? And only behaving "adjusted" out of fear, for me, is the opposite of feeling safe.
Load More Replies...There was a laughable post on farcebook about "world's safest cities" which was ripped apart by hundreds of people. Everyone asked the same thing: "SAFE FOR WHOM? Only cisgender heterosexual males." Of the five cities listed, only Taipei, Taiwan was safe. In the other four, if you're a cis woman or you're LGBTQIA, you'll be raped, assaulted, or murdered.
I wonder how the length of actually darkness and the propabilty of carrying a weapon play into this.
...I'm not even *there* and the idea of walking at night in france scares me. have you met The French??
Characterize "The French" (singular?) to me please? Is it something similar as "The Germans are/were all Nazis"? Have you ever been there? And I think it is quite clear, that in every country, even the US are absolute "Safe" areas as well as not. No country is nationwide evenly structured.
Load More Replies...Countries With Most Unesco World Heritage Sites 🏰
I was wondering too. I checked, Greece "only" has 19.
Load More Replies...Definitely some in Africa. Abu Simbel in Egypt was moved up a hill by UNESCO to avoid being flooded by the Aswan reservoir.
Load More Replies...Err, nobody? Not that I know of anyway. Maybe it's just some people who live there who think that.
Load More Replies...“The land use bar has a lot of power. Plans are usually based on past conditions so they build for yesterday when today and tomorrow have different demands. Most zoning is use based, and "matter of right" meaning as long as it meets minimum requirements it has to be approved. Lots of crap is approved and built. And not coordinated with other nearby build out opportunities. Losing the opportunity for multiplicative benefits.”
Which Countries Have Been Female LED?
Interesting fact. Canada's only woman PM, Kim Campbell, was given the job when the previous PM stepped down, followed by a federal election that the party lost so many seats they lost their status as an official recognized party. (from 156 seats down to just TWO seats)
I was about to say that it is a little bit of a stretch to say that Canada was led by a woman… but yeah, technically yes.
Load More Replies...Tbh, we have 7 members of the Federal Council and one of them gets elected as president every year. That kind of helps to increase the chances. 😄 Not a bad system at all but not comparable to countries like the U.S.
Load More Replies...Well Mexico might get one soon, the two front runners are women, From the Left-Wing MORENA party is Claudia Sheinbaum and for the right wing PAN it is Xóchitl Gálvez, with Sheinbaum leading in all the polls (there is a man in far distant 3rd place). Mexico also might get its first Jewish leader as well (a big deal considering it was only in 1820 they ended the inquisition there)
To be fair she was elected twice in a couple of days.. she resigned because of tactics? 🙃
How Many Years An Area Has Been Rules By The Roman Empire
Hang on...is the map saying Greece was ruled by the Romans for longer than Rome itself was? Or am I misreading it?
That's exactly what it's saying. That's because after the fall of Rome, the Empire carried on for another millennium, with it's capital in Istanbul (then Constantinople). This is known as the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire, but it really is a continuation of the Roman Empire. Because Greece was part of the empire in both its Western and Eastern incarnations, it was ruled for longer than either Rome or Constantinople themselves.
Load More Replies...Because the OG Western Roman Empire dissolved in 476 CE, the Eastern franchise branch went on for an extra millennium with a minor rebranding.
Load More Replies...Um... how is it that Greece was ruled by Rome longer than Italy? Wasn't Rome in... Rome, first?
Yes, but after the fall of Rome the empire lived on in the eastern Roman empire, later Byzantine empire
Load More Replies...Home Ownership In European Countries (2022)
I’m not sure how recent this data is, it certainly isn’t this high for Gen-z. It would be interesting to see the generational statistics
TBH I'm surprised that the CH figure is as high as 42%. I know it was only around 5% when I first moved over here.
If I'm not mistaken, the 5% figure is for people who own their home with the mortgage fully paid off (which is particularly rare in Switzerland because of some tax rules). This map is counting all home ownership regardless of mortgages.
Load More Replies...In the Netherlands it is common to buy instead of rent. My Dutch friends and colleagues are constantly selling, buying, moving, every time something changes in their lives, they change their place and that adds a lot of stress. An unused room is a total nightmare. Whereas Germans are happily renting, don't panic if there is an unused room, and buy their houses quite late.
I assume they mean "own" as opposed to "rent", so probably with mortgage
Load More Replies...Another big difference is making homes affordable, even if you're just renting. The UK is as bad as yankland or Canada. Vienna, Austria legally mandates affordable housing for all. [ https://housing4.us/how-vienna-ensures-affordable-housing-for-all-with-an-extremely-complicated-housing-system/ ]
City planners spend a lot of time looking at maps, but we wanted to hear, in his words, what are the things they aim to accomplish. “Stephen Semes writes about the importance of "the architecture of the ensemble." Our planning and zoning processes aren't designed to produce or maintain "nice” places.”
First World War Casualties Mapped
What was WW1 even about? As far as I can see, it was a feud between some royal cousins that got ugly...
To quote Blackadder Goes Forth: "But the real reason for the whole thing was that it was too much effort NOT to have a war."
Load More Replies...wow, didn't realize how disproportionately the french and turks took it in the nards during WWI...
Spain and Switzerland were neutral countries during WW2. They did not take part
Load More Replies...If 100 People Lived In The Eu, Where Would They Live?
But you'd have no one to wish "Top of the mornin'" to!
Load More Replies...Is it "We asked 100 people where they would like to live if they lived in the EU" or "population density in the EU"?
Crazy To Think How Popular European Cities Are
Wow, I thought London would at least come in 3rd! I know I would love to visit there someday. That is, if you guys (our British pandas on here 💙) are ok with it. I know a lot of tourists from my country go over there and do rude and disrespectful s**t like harass the royal guard, etc. I apologize for their stupid behavior and assure you that not all of us Americans are like that. I promise to show the utmost respect in your country if you'll have me for a bit 🙂
“This is true for both residential and commercial areas. Developers only have to care about their lot. Not connecting to and strengthening the broader district,” he shared. If you want to see more of his work, you can explore Richard’s blog where he writes about his thoughts and experiences.
Gay Travel Index 2024
The red dot on Vatican City is ridiculous. Sure, they have religious issues with that but there is no actual risk for travelers. Con the contrary, China, Japan and India should have been much further on the purple side.
From Reddit: “turns out this map is incorrectly titled. The statistic would have the rating as 'the legal situation and living conditions' (not just safety) for gay people living in the country, not just travelers.” Countries are rated across 18 different categories and the total added up. It’s way more than just “unsafe for travellers”. For anyone interested in this map in an interactive version check this link. The above graphic wasn’t clear enough to view all countries so I stumbled upon this interactive version on Reddit. You can see the scoring across each category for any country. https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/adam.kieli.ski/viz/GayTravelIndex2024/GayTravelIndex2024_1
If you look at the map on the website with the zoom in, Gaza and West Bank are dark red, Israel is a bluish-green
Load More Replies...oh yea Egypt is bad for queer ppl. At least dont show anything about being lgbt bc u could go to jail for it (Im being serious)
Canada should not be an even colour. It should be grey/red in Alberta/Sask. Trust me, I'm gay and I grew up there... It is NOT safe to be gay in AB right now
I’m so sorry to hear that. These friggen conservatives just want to ruin everyone’s lives. They must be so miserable in their own lives
Load More Replies...My country is so small, its difficult to discren but its somewhere in the grey area, I suppose
I question the ranking for the Philippines. There's a disparity between city and country. I've been there and both myself and other foreigners haven't seen any hostility in Manila or other big cities, nor do Filipinas and Filipinos we've talked to.
Witch Hunt Victims
On the other hand it could be presumed, that there existed a lot of wise women in Germany. Which were feared by men (as it still seems to be the case today sometimes). Some things will never change...
Load More Replies...The Spanish Inquisition has the fame, while the German Inquisition has more victims...at least in Witch Hunt...
I'm surprised there were so many in Scandinavia. Awful either way :(
In Scandinavia, those killed as witches (or seidr practitioners) were very often people who kept practicing the old Norse paganism. They were typically chained to rocks that were only exposed during low ebb, so that they drowned when the tide came in.
Load More Replies...The Average Temperature Of The Coldest Month In Each European Capital City
-1 is the mean temperature in January in Stockholm? I find that hard to believe.
Try,... and take climate change into the consideration as well. And big cities are warmer than the countryside, because of the density of people and exhaustion of cars etc..
Load More Replies...Some of these are surprisingly high. If this is degrees Celsius even Russia isn't as cold as here in Minnesota.
"C". All the 'above freezing' are pink and use positive numbers. All the 'below freezing' are black and use negative numbers. The numbers posted would all be significantly below freezing if they were in "F".
Load More Replies...I live in northern New England and ours is about -9.4C. So we've got that going for us I guess?
When/Where Can You Legally Drink In India?
Read up on the porsche case that happened recently and you will know we need more strict rules
Number Of Referendums Held In Each Country's History
Switzerland uses a lot the referendum system, even for ordinary things; it's a very direct form of decision, and parties are not so much ideologically divisive as in other places. Italy also requires them for changes that have an effect on the constitution or that are culturally sensitive.
Not neccesarily. While referendum voting sounds like a wonderful idea in theory, it innevitably leads to tyranny of the majority. Because of that referendum system, women didn't get the right to vote until 1971 since that's when the majority of men decided it was ok. Along with california's proposition 8 referendum vote from 2008 that would have successfully repealed same sex marriage in the state if the federal government hadn't stepped in. On the other hand though, referendums stop the nonsense that arises from an american style republic, notably most recently louisiana house bill 71, controversy with the supreme court system, and the 2016 trump win with a minority vote. Politics is complicated business and if you think you understand, you haven't studied enough.
Load More Replies...A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork
Albania: Holy Mary holding Baby Jesus in her right arm, Andorra: Apse fresco of Sant Miquel d'Engolasters church, Austria: The Kiss by Gustav Klimt, Belarus: The Fiddler by Marc Chagal, lBelgium: The Son of Man by René Magritte, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mountain landscape by Karlo Mijić, Bulgaria: Rachenitsa Dance by Ivan Mrkvička, Croatia: Roman Woman Playing A Lute by Vjekoslav Karas, Cyprus: Couple by Stelois Votsis, Czech Republic: The Absinthe Drinker by Viktor Oliva, Denmark: The Little Mermaid, Estonia: Half Nude in Striped Skirt by Adamson-Eric, Finland: The Wounded Angel by Hugo Simberg, France: Sunrise by Claude Monet, Germany: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich, Greece: Venus de Milo, Hungary: The Old Fisherman by Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, Iceland: Thingvellir by Thorarinn B. Thorlaksson, Ireland: Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis BaconI, taly: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Latvia: After Church by Janis Rozentāls,
Lithuania: Tale of the Kings by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Luxembourg: Moselle at Greiveldange with Stadtbredimus by Nico Clopp, Macedonia: Paris Psalter, Moldova: The Girls From Ciadar Lunga by Mihai Grecu, Montenegro: Our Lady of Philermos, Netherlands: The Girl with Pearl Earrings by Johannes Vermeer, Norway: The Scream by Edward MunchPoland: Rejtan by Jan Matejko, Portugal: Fado by José Malhoa, Romania: Car Cu Boi by Nicolae Grigorescu, Russia: Golden Autumn by Isaac Levitan, Serbia: The Wounded Montenegrin by Paja Jovanović, Slovakia: Work by Albin Brunovsky, Slovenia: Pomlad (Spring) by Ivan Grohar, Spain: Guernica by Pablo Picasso, Sweden: Breakfast Under the Big Birch Tree by Carl Larsson, Switzerland: The Walking Man by Alberto Giacometti, Turkey: The Tortoise Trainer by Osman Hamdi Bey, Ukraine: Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by Ilya Repin, United Kingdom: The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner, Vatican City: Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
Load More Replies...You need to copy and zoom in real close to see most of these; even then I don't recognise most of them. A key might have been a good idea.
The Gioconda has been painted by an Italian, but is owned by the French government and held in Paris. Weird choice.
It was mainly painted in Italy. It's only in France because Leonardo moved there and took it with him.
Load More Replies...One Party States
pretty inaccurate. Russia's a de-facto one party state, so are many countries in Africa
Why did they forget all the dictatures that don't pretend to be communist? Because I am pretty sure they don't allow multiple parties.
I see a pattern here, but of course that's not the true form of that particular ideology and next time it will work for sure....
I am sure that leaving out the right-wing ones (Myanmar has a fascist military junta. UAE has a no-party system with a right-wing oligarchy. Russia has a de-facto single party) was just a bona-fide mistake...
Load More Replies...Top Countries With Most Gold Reserves
True, otherwise Australia would be shining with all its bling available in the ground
Load More Replies...Interesting that Australia is a major supplier of gold but keeps little or no reserves?
John Howard hocked it all off for cheap to get a budget "surplus".
Load More Replies...Countries That Have Similar Gdps To Each Region Of Germany (2022)
I bet I could trace East vs West Germany from those regions...not perfectly of course but it could be a decent map.
Damn must Algeria must be poor if they have the same GDP as our capital, given it needs massive financial support from states with way more economical power to ridiculous extends
Bremen is on one level with Nepal. Didn't thought that Nepal was THAT poor
Load More Replies...Eurovision - "Who Gave Us The Most Points In The Last 20 Years?"
There is one Thing to think about: IT is the European Song Co test. So what is Austrslia ding there ? The answer: They are such huge Fans of that contest, that they are allowed to participate.
There are several non-European countries that participate ( Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel, Morocco) , and many that are members but choose not to enter (like Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia, and Vatican City. Lebanon and Algeria, bc any member country has to play all the performers, refuse to broadcast Israel, and Tunisia and Libya say they wont perform if Israel does. They choose to not enter because of Israel), and several in the process of joining (China, Khazakstan)
Load More Replies...As I understand it: the flag of one country on another country (eg. The Swiss flag on Germany) means that the flag country (eg. Switzerland) has given the other country (eg. Germany) the most points to that country over the past twenty years. There's a 'tradition' that dictates neighbouring countries with cultural ties give eachother a lot of points (eg. the Netherlands and Belgium).
Load More Replies...Map Shows Europe Is Divided Into 4 Regions Based On Origins Of The Word Beer
...it's a fact. Hungarian & Finnish are closely related...but aren't tied into the rest .of the European languages roots.
Load More Replies...People With Double Jobs In The European Union
I though the Netherlands paid very well… lots of Italians move there for better pay
Load More Replies...Many Dutch people have an own business parallel to their main job. That ranges between monetizing a hobby and cleaning/maintenance work during tourist season for some extra money. Plus lots of volunteer work, which are professional jobs, too, like the SAR to get you out of trouble on the ocean.
Nope, but many people work without contract.
Load More Replies...The World According To Google Street View (May 2024) (4k)
Distribution Of Radiation In Europe After The Chernobyl Disaster (April 26 1986)
My mother tried to blame my autism on Chernobyl, as we were living in Marseilles at the time and she was convinced that was the reason for my weirdness. Spoiler alert: it's not.
Anyone understand why it isn't a fairly event dispersal, like a bulls eye with maybe some wind drift?
Which Countries Has The Most Vegetarian In Europe?
The Word “Soda” Takes Over
Where Gender-Affirming Care For Minors Is Being Outlawed (USA)
It sounds bad that gender-affirming care is outlawed for under-18's, but isn't that to protect them from rash decisions?
The Netherlands has a great care system, where it takes years and involves a lot of talking. Rash dicisions aren't possible, a well taken dicision and transition is.
Load More Replies...Transgender kids cannot get surgery until they are 18, no matter what the liars and propagandists claim. The only thing kids can get before that is HRT (hormones) to prevent puberty. And if they stop taking puberty blockers, their bodies will naturally produce hormones that cause puberty. It's not permanent, and their is no surgery. Any that say differently are liars who want people to die. [ ............ ] Those who oppose medical care for Transgender and Non-Binary kids are not "protecting them". Opponents of medical cars WANT those kids to die by suicide. Opponents of human rights for Transgender and Non-Binary people want to legalize violence and murder of adults.
It's so sad ... the US ever were up to their reputation, but for a serious amount of time, one could assume that the nation as a whole was kinda trying, and making progress in it. I fear the world in total will also go backwards more than forwards, the coming years, yet we'd have enough to do with getting forward sufficiently alone, we have to, prioritized above that, avoid us going back to where we once had evolved from. Not biologically, of course, but socially, societally, ... there's towns in Poland now, where the town-limit shields bear a proudly worded declaration of homo-less-ness - proud to have somebody made to move, and that ALWAYS was followed by worse...
Load More Replies...Distance To The Nearest Abortion Clinic In USA (Includes Clinics In Canada & Mexico)
Don't vote for the one that looks like a fat orange with tiny fingers.
Load More Replies...Texas too. Don't get me wrong, I love my state, everything from the diverse geology and wildlife, the mild winters (not the panhandle though - LOL), to the (mostly) friendly people and great food. But, she does break my heart with her backwards politics.
Load More Replies...If you buy the morning after pill SEND IT BY POSTAL MAIL. Courier companies will let fascists and rapist republicans snoop into your mail, the post office won't because it's illegal.
This is just shameful. Shows you how backwards many American states are.
Minimum Voting Age In Europe
Should be 16. Who's going to be affected by good or bad policies longer? 75-year-old pensioners? Or 17-year-olds just about to junp into adulthood, with their whole lives ahead of them?
Exactly, time to send politicians into pensions as well with 65.
Load More Replies...That is color scale hell. Why is it green-orange-yellow to show ascending order????
Price Of Bottled Water Around The World
There's a law in Greece where a 0.5 lt water bottle cannot be sold for more than € 0.50 and the 1.5 lt bottle over € 1.50
Drinkable tap water should cost nothing anywhere, because it´s a necessity of life. Unfortunately that is the same reason that makes companies "press" people to pay for. In some countries so much, that you could call it a luxury item. Perverted world, that we live in.
This water has still to be pumped up, cleaned, monitored and delivered via clean pipes to your flat/house. Either all these people are working for free and deöiver material for free, and get free food, housing, holidays, clothing, cars, ... or you just pay for infrastructure and delivery.
Load More Replies...1L at the top of Colca Canyon is one sole: damn, that's expensive. Five hours later, having hiked to the bottom, the bottle is 8 soles: "wonderful, thank you, let me add a tip!"
The cheapest 1.5 litre bottles here in Germany cost 19 cents
In Red Is Every County Where The Median House Selling Price Is >$350k
All the red areas west of the Mississippi are where Californians have been moving to (excluding California itself, obviously).
...lots of old money out west as well. All those counties outside of Detroit, what with white flight out of Detroit proper starting in the 1970's...
Load More Replies...What amazes me is the number of counties where the median house price *isn't* > $350K. Even in Australia, the median house price is over $AUD 900K (about $USD 600K)
The median is the middle value of a set of numbers. The median is the same as the 50th percentile for the set of numbers. In other words, the median is the middle of a set of numbers with half of the values less than the median and half the values greater than the median
More useful would be median house price in terms of local median income.
Ethnic Map Of Poland 1914
In 1939 there were 3 million Jews in Poland with 1 million in Warsaw alone, a community that grew from 200,000 in the 1670s to larger numbers. Officially a protected minority group, in the 1920s a few hundred thousand fled from govt protected pogroms. The small Jewish community there today however experiences little antisemitism. For hundred of years, until the mid 1600s (when the massacres in the Kossack uprising happened) Poland was considered the the best treatment of their Jewish minority, even more than the Ottomans in the 1500s.
The Jews were c.10 percent of Poland's population pre-war, three million Jews. Post-war they were a negligible proportion of Poland's population. Poles cheerfully massacred neighbors -- Google the Kielce pogrom, the few Holocaust survivors returned & even fewer had their stuff back, shortly after they were slaughtered by their neighbors - stole their stuff and are currently denying it ever happened (I believe saying Poles helped Nazis in the Shoah is punishable with jail time) - and of course the Jews can't speak back as they're dead. Suffice to say it is revisionist history and one does not get a death rate significantly higher than Germany, a death rate so high, with so many Jews, that the overall death rate in Europe drops by eleven percent just excluding Poland, a death rate unrivaled by the USSR, which had similar numbers of Jews and a long history of antisemitism - you do not get that without cooperation.
Makes sense that there is so much yellow, as modern Poland got a lot of landmass from Germany after WW2. The top righ on region for example is the whole of East Prussia
Jewish people are ethno-religious group, so they're both.
Load More Replies...Luxembourg, Ireland, And switzerland Are Europe's Richest countries
Luxembourgers don't actually do or produce much, except sit on top of a lot of money that belongs to people from other countries.
Well, the two major steel manufacturers in the world are based there (Tenaris and ArcelorMittal), with a combined market cap of $40B
Load More Replies...because of the European tax domicile of amazon and others in Ireland I believe
Irish Population In 1841 vs. Now
Don't know, but my great great grandfather emigrated to Pennsylvania.
Load More Replies...Colombia Is The Wettest Country On Earth,egypt Is The Driest
As An American In The Netherlands, 3 Kisses Is A Nightmare
In Greece it's two if you don't know each other very well, but one and a hug if you do.
In Spain it’s also two, but right side first, then left, whereas in Greece it’s left side first, then right. I have often very nearly snogged my in-laws when visiting because of this!
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If 100 People Lived In The UK, Where Would They Live?
So, is this a poll of preference, or a map of population density for people who can't understand percentages?
The clue is in the word 'Northern before the word 'Ireland' on the map.
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How Is Petrol Pumped Into Your Car Across Europe?
Point of interest - many Italian petrol stations have two sets of pumps, some self service, some not. The fully served ones are around 5% more expensive. Clearly signed as such. But there are still loads of people, and not just in expensive cars, who are happy to pay someone to do the job for them. Mind-boggling to me.
Some fuels you cannot pump yourself (LPG and -until recently- LNG) for safety concern.
Load More Replies...Male Circumcision Rate By Country
In the US it isn't done for religion though, it's based on an old and outdated study that claimed it would be benefitial for the health
Load More Replies...The sexual mutilation of baby boys in yankland is done for profit, unlike all the other non-green areas. Yank hospitals charge the parents for mutilating their children, then they use those foreskins in expensive plastic surgeries. It's solely about profit, not public health. [ https://www.vice.com/en/article/43bxgm/the-beauty-industry-is-part-of-a-baby-foreskin-flesh-trade-anti-circumcision-activists-warn ] Yank "doctors" do not anaesthetize babies, they cut off the skin while the child is awake and can feel every cut. They tell the lie that "pain receptors in babies aren't developed". Studies proving it causes PTSD in XY/male people say differently. [ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272499352_Male_Circumcision_Pain_Trauma_and_Psychosexual_Sequelae ] Watch at 10 minutes as the baby screams in pain: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceht-3xu84I&lc=UgylIsuAIJqY3OvnGiR4AaABAg ]
Explaining Polish Borders
Read James A. Michner's 'Poland'. If follows generations of one Polish family to illustrate Poland's history.
Load More Replies...Average Number Of Sexual Partners By Country
In a map way above Turkey had the lowest proportion of kids born out of marriage, guess they either divorce a lot or use birth control.
Load More Replies...Looks like us Aussies (present interlocutor excluded), and our Kiwi cousins, are a nation of "root rats"
National Television Broadcaster Of European Countries
I mainly watch the non-commercial stations in Australa. The one I like best has just as many, or more, BBC/ITV shows as Aussie ones.
Load More Replies...It says, "Television" Broadcasters in the main title.
Load More Replies...Countries Where Portuguese Is Spoken
The Lusofonia Games didn't work out, did they? They tried to compete with the Commonwealth Games and Jeux de la Francophonie but just don't have the numbers. (Strange that there isn't a Spanish diaspora world competitition....)
No, they don't. Brazil speaks only Portuguese. Portugal too. The other countries I don't know.
Load More Replies...Map Of Land Quality Of The World
Lithuanian Presidential Election Map. Orange- Current President, Blue-Current Prime Minister, Green- Pro-Russian Candidate
I would keep a close eye on the green areas, not that they have a burst of russian soldiers "on vaccation" suddenly appearing there
Peak Of The Largest Empires In History
When it comes to the United States, how is Imperialism different than Colonialism? Just because the monarchy didn't authorize it? We're still the invaders.
Fucck empire. The British have yet to return looted items and pay reparations to those persecuted and massacred by their forces in the name of "progress" and wealth.
How Old Are Americans When They Get Married?
Nice to know someone knows the difference. But the caption reads "Median age at first marriage, 2021", which is yet another thing.
Load More Replies...Global Leaders Approval Rating
Because biden is going to win and trudeau is going to lose.
Load More Replies...Provinces By The Number Of Chinese Emperors Born There
Using Square Feet, The Average Home Size By State In The Us And How It Compares To The Average Home Size In Western European Countries
These stats are skewed by the wealthy. I'd be curious to see *median* home size.
Most of that waste in yankland is due to corporate corruption and politicians taking bribes. Anything other than "single home dwellings" and "suburbs" have been criminalized, you can't build anything else.
USA And Australia Fit Together Almost Perfectly
If you have a look at a map you'd see that it's highly unlikely that the west coast of Australia has ever been connected to the east coast of the USA (Africa is in the way).
Load More Replies...If that lump of Canada would get out of the way, they could snuggle up properly. And thus they recreate us sleeping with our cats, every night.
Newborn Circumcision Rates By State - 2022
I just love it when people think everybody should do just as they do, regardless of belief. /s
Load More Replies...No. Female circumcision is not practiced in the US widely enough to register. Beyond that, I don't know how many states have laws prohibiting it, and those that don't would probably still not have many doctors willing to perform the act. Also....I don't think that's performed on newborns.
Load More Replies...Child Marriage Laws In The Us
Cisgender heterosexual males are the biggest danger to children, and yet they're the ones with power. Which is why they're wasting money, time and effort pointing fingers at the least likely to be the danger.
Load More Replies...Bogus - Mississippi minimum age is 21 by statute, although with parent permission that can go down to 15 for females and 17 for males. There are MULTIPLE errors in this map. Try again.
"Biblical marriage" means a 40-50 year old male marrying and raping a 14 year old girl. 2024, and rightwing politicians call 12 year old girls "ripe for marriage".
California should read not without parental approval and a phyc visit. And some other stuff I've forgotten
Felon Voting Rights By State
In places where criminals lose their right to vote, the politicians try very hard to brand their opposition as criminals.
In places where racists write racist "laws" that criminalize a minority of the population, it's inevitable that they minority will be labelled as "criminals". What the yanks have done to Black people over the last 60 years is no different than what Europe did to jews for 500 years.
Load More Replies...Functional democracies don't take away people's voting rights. They can still vote while inside prison. This is why yankland is not a democracy. And it's why its racist "laws" were expressly written to criminalize as much of the Black and poor population as possible, to prevent them from voting.
New York Reclaims #1
The world will be a good place when those numbers reach 0, by any means.
I suggest global thermonuclear war would be the quickest.
Load More Replies...I wonder how many billionaires get counted for multiple of these cities.
Is Egypt Ruled By Egyptians? [oc]
looking at the map and thinking that a bunch of people sliced up Egypt so Egyptians now control various nonadjacent slices of land
Distribution Of Ticks Infected With Lyme Disease In The Us
I'm in the final "monitor blood tests" phase of a clinical trial now, and I'm pretty sure I wasn't in the placebo group. Hopefully soon the rest of you will be able to join me in being immunized against it!
Ban Of Communist Symbols In Europe
In germany? Doubt so. It's, first of all, often to be seen in historic material due to close ... relations or such ... to the USSR, and then, was the symbol of here-active commie parties, in one variety or the other. Banned after 1945, I can only assume that prohibition of the KPD in the fifties included their very own variety of that symbol and was, as such and with the party, forbidden. Other than that - no.
I don't really think that's the case here in Germany, or the former and current government don't give a s**t about the ban at all
Between U.S. States,there Is Huge Variance In Spending Per Prisoner
And how much of that waste is because of corrupt cops, corrupt judges, and a corrupt for-profit prison system? How many hundreds of thousands should NOT be in prison (e.g. d**g possession which should have been medical treatment instead, "third strike" laws for minor crimes)?
Probably having one of the lowest prisoners per capita ratio, honestly. If you pack 'em in, the cost per goes way down. Also, geographicly speaking, other than Indiana, the lowest cost states are places that probably don't need to use as much energy to heat the facility in the winter. It's more acceptable optics for prisoners to be hot in the summer than cold in the winter. Finally, I bet you'll find for profit prisons are more common in the low cost states. And that's not necessarily a good thing.
Load More Replies...Families Needs Over $270k Annually To Live Comfortably In Top 5 States
a quarter of a million to live "comfortably" , makes me wonder what "comfortably" entails Because my assumption is that it is a lot more than a roof , food, clothes and transportation.
That is ridiculous. You'd be living far more than comfortably in Montana on $211K a year for example.
(Almost) Every North American Nhl Player's Birth City (Map Link + Info In Comments)
I don't think any city that doesn't have natural ice should have an NHL team
Load More Replies...Dunkin Locations Per State
Massachusetts should be higher than 1428. Where I live, if you can't see a DD you've stepped into N.H.
Since when did Florida get so many? When my cousin moved there, she spent like the first 3 months complaining there was no Dunkin anywhere.
I used to like Winchell's....but Dunkin's better than Crispy Creme by ..a lot.
I always decide whether or not a city is civilized on the availability of Dunkin' Donuts.
Load More Replies...Seven Deadly Sins As Us Maps
Sloth = arts? No. Maybe... average work hours/week. And for Pride I'd go with number of instagram accounts per capita.
...this is not news. Thus the legend of "Florida Man"...
Load More Replies...Boy oh boy would you look at that Bible Belt! Christians make the best hypocrites
Map Of Africa But All Countries Have Sea Access
Right, because history shows that randomly redrawing African national borders works out really well...
It certainly did in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Load More Replies...Ethiopia DID have ocean access until Eritrea separated. Now they are forced to waste a billion per year paying Djibouti for their ports. Somaliland is a democratic breakaway state from Somalia that wants UN recognition, and is negotiating with Ethiopia for that legal recognition. "We'll let you use our ports for less money ~IF~ you officially recognize us as a country." [ https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/ethiopia-somaliland/stakes-ethiopia-somaliland-deal ] Somalialand is a free country with democracy and free markets. It's the Taiwan of Africa.
The Official Situation In Ukraine, According To The Russian Federation [oc]
No one gives a fck what Russia thinks. They started the war, they should bear all the blame for it.
"sPeCiAl MiLiTaRy OpErAtIoN" I do believe they mean war-mongering.
Load More Replies...Kyiv is already 10 years in war (since 2014) so another 10 years of war remains regarding the previous wars° of Ukraine's main partner and weapons supplier °wars in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Lybia, Laos, Cambodia...
When looking at these maps previously I realised embarrassingly I hardly knew any countries in Europe. So I have been learning them recently and I'm pleased to say I can now look at a map and name all the European countries.
Me too! I have a map of Europe in my favourites folder. When I see these unlabelled maps I try to figure out the country on my own and refer to my saved map when I fail to recall the name. For anyone else trying this I’ll recommend that you use a map of all the countries labelled. Very few maps include the smaller nations like Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, etc. I’m also trying to learn the capitals of countries from continent to continent. Currently in Asia and some capitals are so difficult to even pronounce!
Load More Replies...I have come upon the realisation that I reffered to the world map way too many times. I may need to revise my geography
When looking at these maps previously I realised embarrassingly I hardly knew any countries in Europe. So I have been learning them recently and I'm pleased to say I can now look at a map and name all the European countries.
Me too! I have a map of Europe in my favourites folder. When I see these unlabelled maps I try to figure out the country on my own and refer to my saved map when I fail to recall the name. For anyone else trying this I’ll recommend that you use a map of all the countries labelled. Very few maps include the smaller nations like Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, etc. I’m also trying to learn the capitals of countries from continent to continent. Currently in Asia and some capitals are so difficult to even pronounce!
Load More Replies...I have come upon the realisation that I reffered to the world map way too many times. I may need to revise my geography
