30 Maps With Interesting Facts That Reveal A Ton About The World Around Us

În Romania we are taught English since kindergarten, the in middle school we start learning either French or German as mandatory second language. We have to speak basic English to pass our highschool graduation exam and we need at least basic English to get a lower type of job (the level increases depending on the job.) lots of Romanians either speak German, Italian or Spanish due to their roots and places they've emigrated to so I'm VERY curious about these results.

You can literally see how far the Vikings got

I always distrust these percentages because people tend to say one thing (usually what is politically correct at the time) but do another.

I work in HE in the UK and there is absolutely data on this.

Pengõ sounds so cute though

Of course this map is biased, because if you need 10 times longer to earn a million, but your living costs are only a tenth, then you are just as rich.

Al Murray: We have to have rules. Where would we be without rules? France! Where would we be with too many rules? Germany!

Scotland is August!

Why are the southern north-Irish multiplying like rabbits? Something in the water?

Really interesting what China are doing in Africa. Soft power / economic imperialism

I found this to be very positive

We have bigger problem with primiparas near 40 .

This is inaccurate. We love beer here in Norway.

My dad died last week and he was 79.9 years old. The American age group hit that nail on its head. He was/is a great dad and I miss him.

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Germany is out of date with their lets close nuclear power plants and use coal because nuclear is so evil s**t.

Interesting fact in Hungarian we call Croatia ’Horvátország’ meaning ‘Horváth Country’

Sad really - An Android user /jk 🙃

Why don't people visit Poland?

Don't work long, work smart.

Oh French can speak English, they just don't want to speak it :)

Bhutan?????? How

The first choice as a second language is English.

What economic freedom means depends on what you're free to do. And who is free to do it. To some, economic freedom means no labor, anti-trust, or environmental laws.

This correlates with the BMI one

We have dedicated two islands for their use. Lesbos ad Mykonos/j.

Population change in percentage of population (the more the number the more people are there). No legend, because it's written on every country.

I can’t fathom Nigeria being large enough to sustainably house nearly 800 million people. That population density would be a nightmare.

The other map said that the biggest source of electricity in Germany is renewable sources, and here it's coal. I'm sure this is what we like to think vs. reality. 😅

highly skilled in what? As someone in the Netherlands once said "we have 6 million communication specialists and no one knows how to fix a tap"

Time to use a turkish Proxi

Illegal for men but legal for women? Perverts.

In a map like this, I'd expect the terms used to be 'personal name' and 'family name'. Therefore in the blue it would be personal name + family name. In Spain, it would be personal name + father's family name + mother's family name, and in Iceland, personal name + father's personal name.

He wouldn't have wanted 3 German teams in the world cup.

I suspect Russia's would reduce if they included the military.

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Mind. Blown.

Albania would appear to using horse-drawn trains!

Interesting to see Danes, Norwegians and Finns are going to Sweden but the Swedes are going to the US!

If China start WW3, it's going to ruin their export economy.

I'm so glad there was a key on here, I thought the yellow areas were pirates.

We have a lot of international students, mainly because of the, in comparison, low costs of enrolling.

Interesting how places like Turkey have low rates of birth outside marriage but high teen pregnancy. Girls marry young.

Why you gotta go put a weed leaf on this one? I'm not getting the connection.

Generally tending towards the middle, or the water.

I wonder what the person who drew this map was smoking? ;-)

We cycle less than NL, but still have a higher life expectancy, coincidence? 😶

In Sweden second language is our third language , as Native Swedish and English are mandatory. In the northen parts we also got Sami for seome regions.

The one in Iceland closed down.

This (both orange areas) is what happens when you have good wages AND affordable housing.

Poland is only low because of the catholic pedophile cult. Without it, the rates would be as high in the rest of eastern Europe. Intimate Partner Violence (assaults, rape, etc.) are ignored by "the authorities" or in some cases are legal, just like Russia.

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Spain and Portugal were also Empires at this time, and I am pretty sure the Italian Colonial Empire still existed here too.

My docs (Germany) always tell us to eat healthy mediterranean style to reduce obesity.

Austria, where the government dictates affordable housing be available for everyone.

Amazing the relationship tween Hungary and Finland

A German comedian once said, for the price of a small house in Switzerland you can buy a village in Germany 🙈😅😭

Notice that places with some of the highest income taxes have the most economic freedom.

Asshol?

Define "illegally". Or do you mean people of that use it even though not official government currency, or that it's used to commit crime?

Use of tabacco products and high fat diet in the south

It seems the UK is now a legend...well, I suppose we are :)

Including part time.... cross reference with the map that shows how long you stay at mom and dads house

They forgot metal in the list of "generes". I think in Norway, Finland, Sweden it's much more mainstream. Or do they call it "rock"?

There's a claim that Scotland had the first purpose built parliament building (Parliament House, Edinburgh). It was in use from 1639 to 1707 when Scotland, Wales and England joined to become Great Britain. The building currently houses the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

France is both. I was born in Austria from French parents and I'm French, but children born in France from foreign parents can claim French nationality as well.

a) What are the missing ones between France and Prussia and b) What happened to the country of "Swipe >>"?