40 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Change Your Perspective On The World (New Pics)

Look at the Nile it lights up. Wonder if the rest of the map also matches with natural water sources

The problem is that the people with the most money have the most access to everything, and "everything" includes methods of retaining their money, as well as methods of making money passively.

Wow!!! How'd they get a drone shot from 1300?

And Tasmania comes from Tasman, too

Inbreed? ;D what did you do, Holland?

This map looks so cool

Wouldn't have to displace too many people. lots of sheep, though.

That's just ridiculous

I hate that you need to zoom in to read the text on so many of these maps and when you do it's so blurry

Unfortunately the sun buggers up the skin if you don't wear sunscreen and I think it's sad that darker-skinned people use these creams to whiten their lovely dark skin. I just go red in the summer so I guess I look like Uncle Vinnies restaurant tablecloths in summer LOL

Not in this house! One natural red head, one blonde. We don’t tan, we burn and peel. Best we could hope for is that the freckles merge.

Florida has people in speedos that look like their skin is leather. Every single beach there has one of these fellas.

Also, always wear sunglasses when tanning, or whenever out in sunshine - otherwise you risk cataracts and macular degeneration when you get older.

People always want to be what they aren't...skinny wants curves, straight hair wants to be curly, short want to be tall...seems to be human nature.

It's because we're never happy with who we are. I have very pale skin with freckles. Lots of freckles, though they're mostly covered up with makeup. I've always wanted to be bronze. My husband is Hispanic; he has the most beautiful skin color. He admitted to me that when he was younger, he wished he were lighter skinned and I told him I wished I were darker. It may be because in the US, the perfect beauty was tanned with blond hair and perfect thin figure. Total opposite of me. I'm now just fine in how I look, with the occasional tanning cream that won't make me tan, per se, just evens out my skin tone. But, this is just my 2 cents

Seems like much of the world seeks moderation of the melanin. lighter wants darker and darker lighter. If you could make a pill that would take a person's melanin to mid line value you could sell it to everyone. Except to those of us who don't give a rip. But could sell it to much of everyone.

skin cancer incidents are higher per capita in darker skinned people here in the US, i believe. scientists theorize that a) skin care campaigns focus on lighter skinned populations, b) good spf isn't cheap, and darker skinned people here are disproportionately likely to have less disposable income, and, c) there is still a pervasive belief that darker skin is more protected from the sun's effects than lighter skin. 😢

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I am 43 and l think l have only used sunscreen about 30 times in my life. My skin is pretty similar to when l was 25. Sunscreen on a daily basis is a myth.

So it's basically going back to Pangea?

The ISO A sizes are wonderful; the long side is √2 times longer than the short side which means chopping it in half gives you two sheets with exactly the same proportions which means printing things on bigger or smaller sheets is trivial.

Is that by choice or neccessity?

But because of gerrymandering the black counties have an outsized influence in politics

I had this in school for a case study. 59% of population lives in the Flemish area and communicates in the Dutch language. 40% live in the Wallonia area and communicate in French. And Brussels, the capital, is a different affair. 80% individuals communicate in French while 20% are Dutch speakers. It can be kinda confusing at times.

This image just makes me itchy.

Wish this included England, Wales and Scotland!

Makes me proud of my country. nor just this map but a few of them

Denmark, why? :0

Poor reds 😞

The fact that freedom of the press is being hobbled at all in the US is terrifying

Lol Sweden is learning swedish? I guess some people are from other countries

So many countries struggle to spell Ireland.

Anything to get rid of that guy below this

People need to educate themselves on what truly happens to Palestinians in the West Bank, in the name of “fighting terrorists” and “for the safety of Israel”. The West Bank was always supposed to be for Palestinians, since 1948. Israel seems to want all of Palestine for itself and only for itself.

It's seen as a basic human instinct. But they will catch your for your prior sentence and hold you accountable for everything you did during and after the escape

Is the prison camp visible here?

Can somebody explain the map to me? I don't really understand the difference between marriage and civil union. Also, apologies if this is a stupid question to ask.

Well... yeah? thats how they mapped the boundaries between plates. Duh!

The Greek perception is *somehow* justified. The Spanish perception is *somehow* unjustified. Won't comment about the rest ;)

with Germany's past and which will continue to be remembered, the Germans dare not fight. the risk is too great to be seen again as the cause of a massive war (not that I'm saying they're innocent). so I can understand that the Germans are reluctant. that's somehow a good sign that the mistakes of the past (or something like that) shouldn't be repeated.

First saw this decades ago. It was always meant to be a joke map - it was the kind of thing you’d find on postcards in country towns.

Canada!?

why do americans dislike portugal? odd.

What a weird statement!!!

They are not gone, just regrouping

TIL: epicenter is another word for Clitoris.

Portugal? I don't know how it's flawed. Not more than Spain, anyway

It is from 2011. I think things have changed in the last few years

China 😳