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Maps, you have to love them! As a kid in the pre-internet age, I spent many an hour poring over my precious atlas, memorizing countries, their capital cities, rivers, mountain ranges, flags...Dreaming of visiting them all, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

But not all types of maps are useful. Some, even the most detailed world maps with countries show.. nothing helpful in particular. However, as the page 'Terrible Maps' proves, you can still have fun with them! This tongue-in-cheek collection of cartography-based funny memes and jokes is sometimes absurd and other times surprisingly informative, but funny jokes with geography and world maps are always a good laugh! Scroll down below to check out the funny drawings and useless information for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Cat Earth Theory

Cat Earth Theory

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Madzdad the bard
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See, if flat-earthers were right, that cat would push Austrailia off the edge!

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Antarctica, The Confusing Continent

Antarctica, The Confusing Continent

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rhyan lumilay
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do compass hay wired to different directions there since almost everywhere is North?

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#4

For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk

For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk

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#5

35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like

35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like

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#7

Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers

Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers

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#8

Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No

Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No

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Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers

Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers

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Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format

Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format

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Darryl Kerrigan
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still remember years ago (in the UK), a few years after 9/11, when someone came in and said it was disgusting how everyone had forgotten about the attacks and we should have a minutes silence. It was 9th November... true story.

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#12

EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992

EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992

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#14

Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack

Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack

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_Cheetah123
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man don't you hate it when you're flying in space above earth, and then suddenly BEAR ATTACK, yeah that's just the worst

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#15

Orange Peel Map Of Japan

Orange Peel Map Of Japan

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#17

Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From

Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From

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#18

A Map Of Every American City

A Map Of Every American City

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#19

The Russian Empire As Of 2017

The Russian Empire As Of 2017

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#20

How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil

How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil

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#22

A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).

A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).

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Louiiiise
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm from Switzerland and don't recognize the Swiss one. Country too small to see the Art properly =p

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Johann Savary
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm from Switzerland too, it's very probably the walking man, by Giacometti

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Buba Mara
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm Hungarian and I would have chosen another painting. This one is Csontváry's Old Fisherman, btw. Nice collection though.

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Catarina Castro
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Portugal: A Severa 🥰🥰🥰 Spain: Picasso's Guernica? Italy: The Mona Lisa or Gioconda. Dunno any others by name :)

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Pavel Mrštík
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't it embarrassing for Germany, that the most famous artwork's scene is actually located in the Czech republic?

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Johann Savary
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What are you talking about? The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich is kept in Hamburg, which is not in Czech Republic...

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Parameshwarran Mathiarasun
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Italy is Mona Lisa, Spain is Guernica, Germany is Wanderer on Sea of Fogs, Norway is The Scream

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Miriam Vr
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Spain we should get the Ecce Homo, not the most iconic and terribly sad Guernica by Picasso.

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BaDonut
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

fun fact: the one for germany is a minecraft painting

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Åke i Eskilstuna
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweden: From Carl Larsson home in Sundborn https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.cbxCMRkCwcYsDakqgRWCQQHaFL?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

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Åke i Eskilstuna
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweden Carl Lasson fron his home in Sundborn https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.cbxCMRkCwcYsDakqgRWCQQHaFL?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

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Hilary Gleason
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweden is “Breakfast Under the Big Birch” by Carl Larsson❣️

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Karolina Butkevičiūtė
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lithuania: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis "Karalių pasaka"("The tale of kings') ♡

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bring on the internet warriors
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i see mona lisa, the scream, and maybe that picture with the guy w\the apple on his face, his name is like rembrandt or something that starts with an "m"

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Karolína T.
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cannot recognize the most iconic Czech atwork. Probably did not seen it before... :-)

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Bored Fox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am sure that the Finnish music video Nightwish - Amaranth is more popular around the world than the painting that the music video is referring to (Hugo Simberg - The Wounded Angel). :D

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

(poland) I thought that Matejko's The battle of Grunwald is the most iconic :|

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Unaffected
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.indy100.com/article/map-europe-artworks-famous-pieces-reddit-mona-lisa-girl-pearl-earring-interesting-7681846

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Robert Coman
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you, @Buba Mara, for the Romanian Grigorescu's paint name. That's correct!

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Marchen Jans
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The little Mermaid in Denmark? What about an interiør by Hammershøi, or the Ladies at the beach by Ancher??

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Sanne H.
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Regarding French artwork, I think that the statue of libery and the eiffel tower are more famous around the globe.

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#26

The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States

The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States

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#28

This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)

This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)

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#29

Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East

Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East

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Sarah F
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Institute of Internet Diagrams" :D I shall cite this for all graphs in my work from now on.

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Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years

Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years

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Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..

Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..

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#34

Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States

Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States

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Population Per Capita

Population Per Capita

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LadyGrimm
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a coworker ask me how many people in NYC there were per capita. I said one. And that, my friends, is how Keith learned what "per capita" means.

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#36

Is This Country Greenland?

Is This Country Greenland?

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Troux
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Greenland isn't a country. I think that's what this map is trying to show (it's owned by Denmark).

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#37

Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag

Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag

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Elton Muchaiabande
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's Mozambique, my country. I never understood why an AK47 is necessary on our flag. The same to christianity carrying a cross as their symbol

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#38

Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime

Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime

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Name Of Hamburger By Us County

Name Of Hamburger By Us County

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Really Makes You Think

Really Makes You Think

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Marija Natkova Em Todorova
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once upon a time, war broke out among Norwegian Vikings. One band launched the boats and fled. They discovered a green island and settled. Afraid that their enemies might pursue them, they sent word back to Norway that their island was actually an ice-land, but that another island — more distant, larger and indeed covered by ice — was inhabitable green-land. And so the green island became Iceland, and the icy island became Greenland.

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#43

Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area

Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area

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#44

I'm Just Gonna Put This Here

I'm Just Gonna Put This Here

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#45

Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad

Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad

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#46

What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying

What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying

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San Marino At Its Territorial Peak

San Marino At Its Territorial Peak

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Nadja Lambacher
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a sports tournament only for the smallest countries, like the olympics for micro nations. San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra are in it.

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#51

If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?

If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?

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Popes/Mi²

Popes/Mi²

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Symbole Simple
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It says 1 pope/square mile. And my guess is there must be a green dot where the Vatican is supposed to be.

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