20+ Interesting & Silly Maps That Laugh in the Face of Cartography

If you’re the type who is prone to existential crises, I do not doubt that you must have marveled at how small and insignificant you are on the scale of the Earth. There’s nothing quite as trippy as looking at a world map and realizing that you are a tiny speck upon a slightly less …
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20 Google Maps Oddities and Glitches That Show the World is a Fascinating Place

If I found myself in some farfetched hypothetical situation where I had to choose only a couple of apps to keep on my phone, Google Maps would be one of them. I have a propensity for getting lost that makes it nothing short of a necessity (I would not have survived adulthood in the analog …
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Midwesterners Debate Which States Count As ‘The Midwest’

The Midwest is one of the most populous regions of The United States. Even though a lot of costal elites love to make fun of the middle of the country, there are some states without a pot to p*ss in who desperately want to be a part of the Midwest, even though they clearly aren’t. …
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34 Ancient History Memes For Actual Smart People

I wish I knew more about world history, but alas, I went to an American public high school. One of the biggest issues with schools in America is that they teach American history nearly every year, leaving crumbs for kids who want to learn about the history of the world and world geography. I know …
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People Share Niche Facts They Can’t Help Sprinkling Into Unrelated Conversations

Everybody has at least one «fun fact» that they hold dear. It might’ve been something you learned during childhood or a weird true story you picked up in a college course. The fact I’m currently passionate about has to do with life expectancy throughout time. It’s come to my attention that a large portion of …
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Funniest Prehistoric Memes for Lovers of All Things Primordial

It’s truly hard to wrap our heads around how short the period of human history is. Even today, we’re still a blip on this planet’s radar. While our species might be ruling and ruining the Earth in the present time, it certainly wasn’t always this way.  In fact, there was a good 13.8 billion years …
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Geography Nerd Guesses Where He Is On Google Maps In Under A Second, Gets It Eerily Accurate

Directions have never been my strong point. For me, journeys from A to B tend to be a squiggly line rather than a straight one; Google Maps seems to be forever sending me in the wrong direction when I’m in unusual places. On occasion, I’ve even been known to get slightly lost in an area …
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Americans Describe the States They Live In Without Revealing Names in Funny Thread

America is a big, beautiful mess. Each state has its own unique identity, some so distinct that many Americans can easily recognize a state based on a few key characteristics. Redditor u/Thomas_The_Llama recently prompted the people of r/AskReddit to describe their states without revealing any names, and the resulting thread is very entertaining (unless, of …
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Strange And Interesting International Borders That Bring A Literal Side To Geography

When the world first came into being, there was no such thing as maps, or the convoluted squiggly lines on them that denote different countries. Then, humans came around and decided to make things complicated. There are hundreds of different borders across the world, some of which are unique in how they split different places. …
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