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Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« on: August 22, 2013, 05:00:32 PM »
or not.

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/page/3/

IIRC, for #23 if the World population was a concentrated as in NYC the we could all live in a space the size of the Czech Republic.  If as concentrated as Toyko, then we could all live in a country the size of Slovenia.   And there would room to spare in both.
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2013, 05:08:00 PM »
Wouldn't that be fun?  ;/  =(
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2013, 05:16:11 PM »
At least we know where the Borg live now.  (Map 7)

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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2013, 10:46:20 PM »
I thought it was this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/

These maps must have been done by Canadians, they come out on top in just about every category.
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2013, 11:31:39 PM »
From the OP link:
Map #7 - I'm not English. Guess I'm going to have to change my name to MrsMurphy.
Map #15 - Alcohol popularity. Beer, wine, spirits, and "other." I want to know what OTHER is.
Map #32 - The moon is smaller than I thought it was.  :facepalm:
Map #35 - Look y'all, our pirate hunting map!
Map #40 - Makes me dizzy to contemplate the Southern Hemisphere being at the top of the globe.
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2013, 11:38:36 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on August 22, 2013, 11:31:39 PM
Map #40 - Makes me dizzy to contemplate the Southern Hemisphere being at the top of the globe.


It brings out my Australian accent.
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2013, 12:17:58 AM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on August 22, 2013, 11:31:39 PM
From the OP link:
Map #7 - I'm not English. Guess I'm going to have to change my name to MrsMurphy.
Map #15 - Alcohol popularity. Beer, wine, spirits, and "other." I want to know what OTHER is.
Map #32 - The moon is smaller than I thought it was.  :facepalm:
Map #35 - Look y'all, our pirate hunting map!
Map #40 - Makes me dizzy to contemplate the Southern Hemisphere being at the top of the globe.


Map #40 makes you a Northerner and a Damn Yankee !!!
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2013, 01:39:14 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on August 23, 2013, 12:17:58 AM
Map #40 makes you a Northerner and a Damn Yankee !!!

 :lol: :lol: :lol:



#10 is kind of interesting. It looks like for most of the world, internet usage peaks towards the end of the day, where as in the US it peaks at around the middle of the day. Either we use a great deal of internet for business-related reasons, or a lot of people are slacking off at work.  :lol:
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2013, 08:51:49 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on August 23, 2013, 12:17:58 AM
Map #40 makes you a Northerner and a Damn Yankee !!!

Oh hell no. (Classic southern colloquialism!)

Not even if there were a polar shift.
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2013, 09:30:17 PM »
Who's doing pirate attacks up around the Spain and England area?
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2013, 09:35:08 PM »
I think the map of Ludicrius's hoes should be in every geography text book.
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Also, the Mcdonalds map was intresting. I didn't know there actually was any place left on earth where they hadn't invaded.
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2013, 09:41:35 PM »
The 50 most perfectly timed photos link at the bottom is pretty cool, http://twistedsifter.com/2013/03/most-perfectly-timed-photos-ever/
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Re: Maps that might help you make sense of the world.
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2013, 11:41:45 AM »
I'd like to see a comparison of number of telephone area codes in a state with the Brady list of states with "good" gun laws. 




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