The longest straight line you can walk without hitting the ocean
Source: thatsmags.com/china/post/103
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1927 Paramount Studio map of potential filming locations in California that best depict international regions
Worldwide survey: Who do you see as the biggest threat to world peace?
The shortest driving route through all 48 contigous US states (Takes 113 hours)
Source: twentytwowords.com/how-to-drive-t
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If "Did Not Vote" was a candidate in the 2016 US election, it would have won by a landslide
5% of the worlds population lives in the blue shaded area, 5% also lives in the red shaded area
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The area of solar panels that it would take to power the world
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Number of wars each European country has been involved in since WW2
What commonly used map projections do, as shown on a human head
The greatest distance you can travel on land (in a straight line)
An extraordinary view of the Piccadilly Circus Underground station in London - Made by Renzo Picasso, 1929
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Europe is greener now than 100 years ago
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Map of the Underwater Cables That Supply the World's Internet
Source: buff.ly/2in1oge
Only 5% of the entire world's population lives in the blue shaded regions. For comparison, another 5% lives in the red shaded area
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Point Nemo: The point in the ocean furthest from land, surrounded by nearly 9 million square miles of water
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European countries by percentage of population living in the capital metropolitan area
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US states overlaid on areas of Europe with equal population
Source: Reddit User Speech500
The shortest driving route through all 48 contiguous US states (Takes 113 hours)
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The border of the German Empire (1871-1918) superimposed onto the electoral results of the 2007 Parliamentary elections in Poland
Source: bigthink.com/strange-maps/3
Map of the world's deepest underwater cave, the Hranice Abyss. We still don't know how deep it really is...
Points in the red section are closer to Texas than the opposite sides of Texas are to each other
Which export makes the most money for each country
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Source: CIA Factbook, Simran Khosla/ GlobalPost
5% of the worlds population lives in the blue shaded area, 5% also lives in the red shaded area
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The distances you can travel on a European train in less than a day
Source: buff.ly/2fMtNfG
Every Olympic gold medallist in men's water polo since 2000 was born within the circle
