Brilliant Maps

Map Credit I OFTEN FLY

The map above shows the 753 IATA Airport Codes in the world that spell real words. E.g. London Heathrow’s airport code is LHR (not a real word) while Los Angeles’ is LAX (which is a real word).

They come from I OFTEN FLY a unique aviation inspired clothing company.

Interestingly, there is no JET and no SKY, but there is a FLY (by Finley in Australia).

Also still free: YOU, ONE, TWO, JOY, ZOO, OWL, PIG, FOX, EGG, EYE, ICE, SKI, NOW, HOW and WHY.

There are also many airport codes that are not words, but internet slang. For example:

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Original map from u/Rigolol2021The map above shows the various replica Eiffel Towers you can find around the world, including their heights.

The original: Paris, 330 m

Built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle marking the centenary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was designed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, with architect Stephen Sauvestre, at Gustave Eiffel’s company.

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The following maps all come from X/Twitter user @heatmappr and show DNA Distance Heatmaps (aka how genetically similar one group is with another).

You can get Custom Genetic Heatmap Maps from their online store here.

And as always these maps are meant to be fun and not taken too seriously.

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Map created by reddit user depredador93

The map above shows one of the odder things about the world, not all countries define the first floor of a building the same way. For example, In Canada and the US the first floor is the floor at street level.

But, in the UK the floor at street level is called the ground floor and the next level up is called the first floor.

Something I found slightly confusing when I moved from Canada to the UK!

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Recently, twitter user @47Tolkien has been posting some interesting genetic maps showing which areas of the world are more genetically similar to one group or country than another.

The data comes from https://mygeneticmaps.com/, here’s what he says about the maps:

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