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European Places With “Saint” or “Holy” In Their Names

Last Updated: November 27, 2024 19 Comments

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European Places With

Map created by Szymon Pifczyk, Marcin Gębala, Aleksander Deryło, & Bartosz Chyż via BIQData.pl
The map above shows European cities, towns and villages that have the term “saint” or “holy” in their names. The data comes from the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: religion

Most Recurring Word On Each Country’s Wikipedia Page

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 5 Comments

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Most Recurring Word On Each Country's Wikipedia Page

Map created by reddit user Amiantedeluxe

The map above shows which word appears most often on each country’s English language Wikipedia page. For example, on the Wikipedia page about Canada, the word ‘Quebec’ appears more often than any other.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: language, wikipedia

Drive Time To See The Total Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

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Drive Time To See The Total Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017

Map created by Michael Zeiler, www.GreatAmericanEclipse.com

The map above shows how long it takes to drive to the centerline of the total solar eclipse that will occur on August 21, 2017. This of course assumes normal driving conditions on the day.

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: eclipse

Every Bomb Dropped By The British & Americans During WW2

Last Updated: March 17, 2025 22 Comments

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Map created by reddit user amazonada

The map above shows every bomb dropped by the British and Americans during World War 2, along with a limited amount of bombs dropped by the Australians, South Africans, and New Zealanders.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: ww2

Climate Analogues of Australia

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 6 Comments

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Climate Analogues of Australia

Map created by reddit user triton1982

You probably already know Australia is a relatively hot country, but the map above shows how the clinate of its various regions compares to other places on earth (including cities).

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Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: climate

Population Density Represented As Elevation

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 2 Comments

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Population Density Represented As Elevation

Map created by Marnix Hamelberg at Cartoma

The map above shows what Asia would look like if population density corresponded to physical elevation.

Perhaps one of the most interesting things to note, is that the Himalayas are still there, they’ve just moved south a little bit, as these regions of Indian and Bangladesh have extremely high population densities.

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Population Density Of The 13 American Colonies In 1775

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 8 Comments

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13 colonies population

Map, courtesy of U.S. Military Academy via AwesomeStories

The map above shows the population density of the original thirteen American colonies, the year before they declared independence. Even back then, what would become the Boston–Washington Corridor was clearly evident.

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Europe At Night

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

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Europe At Night

Found via reddit

The photo above shows Europe at Night.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: space

Jewish Population of Europe in 1933 and 2015

Last Updated: November 26, 2025 12 Comments

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Jewish Population of Europe in 1933 and 2015

Map crated by reddit user webalbatross
The map above shows the Jewish population of Europe in both 1933 and 2015 by country. Most countries still had much lower Jewish populations in 2015 compared to 1933.

This is largely due to the long lasting effects of The Holocaust, when over six million European Jews were systematically murdered by Hitler and the Nazis.

Emigration to both Israel and the United States after World War 2 and again after the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, also contributed somewhat to the decline.

However, not all countries saw their Jewish population decrease.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: jewish

Chile Is a Ridiculously Long Country – Europe & US Size Comparison

Last Updated: September 11, 2025 11 Comments

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Chile vs Europe

Chile over Europe
You probably already know that Chile is a rather long (or tall) country, but I bet you don’t know just quite how long it is.

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Chile

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