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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There Is A Lake In Finland, That Looks Like Finland
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! :-)
A World Map Drawn By Ottoman Sailor Ali Macar Reis In 1567 (Considered The Most Accurate In The Time Period)
Concentration Of Castles In Europe
My Dad's World Map Pencil Case From 1961
Map Of All The Counties Of The Contiguous United States Carved From Over 3 Thousand Wooden Blocks
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?".
Topography Of Europe
Obesity Rates In The USA vs. Europe
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
Countries Where "Conversion Therapy" Is Still Legal
Americans Were Asked To Point To Iran On A Map
Has Russia Been At War With European Countries?
World's Population
I Rode My Bicycle 11,877 Miles Across Europe
Which Country Has The Most Attractive People According To Europe
The State Of Democracy
Position Of The North Magnetic Pole Since 1590
Map Of Greek Island Chains
A Map Of Every American City
Languages Spoken In China
Most Polluted Cities In The World On November 5, 2022
What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe
Why is everybody walking away from Poland? Did Poland say anything controversial again?
How Do You Say The Number 92
Most Popular Sport In Each Country
Estimated Average Age Of Young People Leaving Their Parental Household, 2019
People Who Think Forcing A Partner To Have Sex Should Not Be Illegal. Survey Around The EU
School Uniform Policy By Country
I love how Finland is like "Perkele, absolutely no school uniforms in our place!"
How Much Trouble Lions Are Really In
this is somewhat misleading... the blue is game reserves. There would be near-zero lions left without game reserves.
Forests In Germany, 50 A.d. vs. Today
UN Vote To End US Embargo Against Cuba
Where The Death Penalty Survives Around The World
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.
The problem is not that the penalty is not severe enough. The problem is that the difference between rich and poor is too high. If you are starving to death, you will take more risks to survive
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If it is *NOT* OK to murder anyone, then why is it OK to *murder* the offender? Murder is either OK, or *NOT* OK! Simples!
More than two-thirds of U.S. states, 37 out of 50, have either abolished the death penalty or have not carried out an execution in at least 10 years.
Yeah, I was gonna say that some of these maps are like kinda not showing the whole picture because some things vary by state, but I know it'd be down-voted.
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FYI - some of the United States (per state) do not have the death penalty.
Denmark had the death penalty on the books for quite a while longer than it was used, WW2 period excluded. It was customary for the king to change the verdict to life in prison. The last person to be executed by the royal executioner sought the death penalty actively and was "pardoned" several times until the king was like whatever, bring out the axe. After WW2 is was back but as soon as someone had to do it, it was thrown around and ended at the police who where not big fans of that job either so it ended rather quickly.
The US should probably be moved to the "Legal but not used" state, if you remove the tenure of Trump (and wouldn't we all like to do this) there would only be 3 death penalties carried out in Federal Courts since 1972, now State Courts are different, it's legal in about half the states and illegal, or a moratorium has been called, in about the other half
Uh, Trump was the President. There's no reason to discount his actions. I don't like him one bit, but he was legitimately the President of the United States for four years.
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After 4 hours of not located his vein, Alabama returned the man slated for execution to his prison cell. This is why no one donates blood in Alabama.
It's not about the crime, it's about the fact that no justice system is 100% reliable. If you introduce the death penalty for anything, you're accepting that the state will kill innocents.
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It looks like 2/3 of the world still believes in executions to a certain degree. And look at this map & tell me what is wrong here. Russia, legal but not used? Who made this map? They just executed a Chechen who turned his anger towards the Russian troops he was supporting He was killed with sledgehammers. So throw out that legal but not used c**p for Russia.
U.S. is a bit misleading. You would have to be convicted in a federal court to be sentenced to death. States such as Michigan or California do not have the death penalty and extenuating circumstances must be proved in the states that do.
Terrorist Attacks In Europe That Killed At Least One Person 1970-2015
World’s Most Surveilled Cities
Countries That Have Been Bombed By The US
Countries That Have Us Military Bases
America
Traditional Naming Customs Around The World
Where The World Wants To Move To
Life Expectancy At Subnational Level
A Map Of Every Chinese City
Most Common Baby Names In London, 2021
I was reading the names In black and thought what the hell are they naming their children
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