OK, folks, you might want to keep your GPS on while scrolling through this one because we're heading into the land of 'Terrible Maps.'
It's a bumpy ride, full of wrong coordinates and not-very-helpful legends, however, the unexpected twists and turns are what make it so memorable.
This fun online project, dedicated to geographically incorrect entertainment, features such gems as 'The World According To Fish' and 'What Pedestrian [Signs] Look Like Across Europe.'
Even though its content might not get you from point A to point B, the pictures can, in fact, teach you something and put a smile on your face.
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I'm having a cr*ppy morning, but this made me laugh in spite of myself :D
World Map According To Fish
Sure, silly maps can be really amusing, but with the growing importance of issues such as climate change, migration, environmental degradation, spatial epidemiology, and inequalities, you could say that geography has become one of the most relevant subjects you can study.
The UK's Royal Geographical Society, for example, is certain that geography helps us to explore and understand space and place, recognizing the great differences in cultures, political systems, economies, landscapes, and environments across the world, and exploring the links between them.
Cat Earth Theory
How The Rest Of The World Sees The USA
Map Of Earth If There Was No Land
"Geography also provides an ideal framework for connecting and bringing together other fields of knowledge," the organization wrote on its website.
"Geography is, in the broadest sense, an education for life and for living. Learning through geography – whether gained through formal learning or experientially through travel, fieldwork, and expeditions – helps us all to be more socially and environmentally sensitive, better informed, and more responsible as citizens and employees."
How To Find Kentucky On The Map
Argentina
Antarctica, The Confusing Continent
And while you could argue that these folks are biased, geography students can back up their words; they find their courses enjoyable and interesting.
The 2020 National Student Survey, which is completed by final-year students in every UK university, revealed that 88% of the respondents studying geography were satisfied with the overall quality of their course; higher than the 83% national average for all respondents.
Most Oddly Named Town In Each Us State
aww you think that is the most odd name in New York? (not using any Native American based names that Europeans butchered the pronunciation of like Ronkonkoma) we have Butternut, Big Flats, Calcium, Never Sink (I have been to Never Sink, there is a reservoir there also called Never Sink), Triangle, Throop, Friendship, Ausable Chasm, Cumminsville, Feura Bush, Sugarbush, etc. And of course we have Coxsackie, the town the scientific name for Foot in Mouth disease is named after. While a native american name, today the name has a very different meaning.
Big bone lick Kentucky, also monkeys eyebrow. Much stranger than pig
Toad suck, they even have a Harley Davidson store. I've been in it.
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This is an extremely personal judgment. Pennsylvania not only has a town named Coupon, but towns named Bird-in-Hand, Blue Ball, and of course, Intercourse. Oh, and Noodle Doosie. Which I think should win hands-down.
I grew up in PA. Where is Noodle Doosie? There’s also Paradise, Lititz (if you don’t know how to pronounce it), Normalville, Panic, and Desire.
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Hm. I always thought it was Funk in Nebraska and Zzyx in California.
North is a town in South Carolina. Every time you say you live there, people think you live either on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina, or live in North Carolina.
In Tennessee we have a town called Bucksnort. I think that's more odd than Smartt
So this mapmaker thinks Frankenstein is odder than Peculiar, Missouri?
I don't know that I would have chosen Coward " for SC. Ninety-Six is a more unusual name.
Yeah lol we also have Cut - n - Shoot, Texas... Yep, spelled just like that. Nope you don't stop there lol
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“Yes, do you know the directions to Ding Dong, Texas? What about Beer Bottle Crossing, Idaho?”
Nibley is the weirdest Utah town name you could find? They're just phoning these in now, aren't they?
For real though. What about Tooele (pronounced "toee-illa"? Or Ticaboo? Or Toquerville? and those are just the T's!
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Some would argue Embarrass, Minnesota is an odder name than Little Canada.
Wrong. There's a place in Idaho called Dickshooter. It's barely a town, but it counts!
I think Bumpazz is funnier. Not spelled with Z's, I just assumed it would get censored.
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Satan's Kingdom isn't really a town, though. It's a village that's part of the town Northfield. I think our weirdest town name is Athol because it sounds like you're being insulting, but with a lisp.
Is Free Soil, Michigan an odd name in a free state? What about Colon, Jugville, or Hell, Michigan?
There's a tiny town in Southern Colorado called Tres Moscas. Which means "Three Flies" in Spanish.
Well to be fair Pie Town, NM does have the best pies I have ever had!
"Little Canada" for Minnesota? When you have Climax, Fertile, Ball Club, Zerkel, Sleepy Eye, Zim, whatever an Erskine is? That's just top of my head. I dare you to say "Mahtomedi". You can't. If you're not from here, it's impossible. However you think we say it, you're wrong. Say "Bugonaygeshig" Try that one on. Little Canada? That's about as normal as you can get.
They widened the highway and there really isn't much of Ding Dong left.
I thought for sure the town for Pennsylvania would be Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Gotta disagree. Wisconsin, Mishicot (Manitowoc County), In the Menominee language Mishicot means "hairy leg."
I'VE BEEN TO SANTA CLAUS INDIANA WE STAYED AT LAKE RUDOLPH AND WENT TO THIS ONE GAS STATION WITH A SANTA OUT FRONT A LOT OF TIMES
Satan's Kingdom. Appropriate for Massachusetts. And no, not because of the Satanists' convention,
We have a village called M**f. It has a diving club and a liquor company.
I have been to Pie Town, NM! There was pie, but not a whole lot else.
I can't believe Pie Town beat out Truth or Consequences in New Mexico.
is beer bottle crossing a river which you jump form beer bottle to beer bottle and youre drunk too
Intercourse, PA gets my vote. There are Amish right near there, too. (Here's a deck of cards I collected there. https://rickscards.blogspot.com/2020/01/i-intercourse-pa.html)
"Santa Claus" is hardly the oddest town name in Indiana. There's "Gnawbone" and "Stoney Lonesome", just for starters.
Zimbabwe And Namibia
Terrible Map
Not sure that the way Hungary and Russia have been changing their societies to dictatorships falls under "Doing science".
Bosnians: I Wanna Swim Croatia: No
Furthermore, an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) also noted that Geography students are more likely to complete their degree than students of most other subjects. The dropout rate among students is the third lowest across all subjects.
I wonder, have any of these maps made it to their classes?
That's Going To Look Stupid In 60 Million Years
Well.. you never know... lots of things can happen in 60 million years!
Restaurant Order Preferences In Africa
Basically Every Data Map Of Europe
Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad
Rolled Up
Europe But If Europe Colonised It
For Everyone In The UK Waiting For The 12th Of April. A Map Of Every Pub In The UK
Terrible Map
Sheesh first they "tuk ar jerbs" now they are copying our border. When will it end!?!
Terrible Map
What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe
Danger Presented By Indiana
Egypt Is Smaller Than The United States, Russia And China Combined
2,066 Americans Were Asked To Point Out Ukraine On A Map
Population Per Capita
Statistic
yep. Summary: africa bad, south america not as bad, russia kinda bad, other white people good.
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