Map created by javo2804The map above shows who has the larger exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Gulf of Mexico (or Gulf of America if you use Google Maps).

And here are the numbers:

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The map above shows how Google Maps is now labelling the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) depending on where you live.

If you live in the United States, it’s now just the Gulf of America.

If you live in the UK it’s how written how I’ve written this post, Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).

And finally if you’re in Mexico it’s still just the Gulf of Mexico.

You can see maps for each below:

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map created by geo.facts_Does you country call Fanta, Fanta? Well this map of South America has the answer.

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This map above shows Bolivia’s territorial losses since its independence in 1825.

Here’s a breakdown of each loss depicted:

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Map created by Maps.Interlude

The map above shows the highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in each South American country.

As a Canadian it always makes me laugh seeing countries that have never had a single delay below freezing.

And on the flip side, Canada’s warmest temperature ever recorded was 49.6 °C (121 °F), which is warmer than any country in South America.

Here is a full list of highs and lows:

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Map created by reddit user ExcitingNeck8226The map above shows the most common nationality of the foreign born population in each US state and Canadian province and territory.

Here are the 11 nationalities:

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Map created by Brian BrettschneiderThe map above shows how many days winter lasts in different parts of the United States and Canada based on the following 3 criteria:

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Map created by reddit user Litvinski

The map above shows the estimated share of Native Americans by country in the Americas.

Now the definition of who is and is not Native varies from country to country.

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Map found on redditThe map above shows all the areas of North America, (excluding Mexico) that at some point belonged to France between the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and the Louisiana purchase in 1803.

It should be noted that France never controlled all the areas in blue at any one time.

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Map created by LandgeistThe map above shows the number of gun deaths per million people in each South American country excluding suicides.

And although Chile is the lowest, its 3X the rate of Canada and 92X the rate of the UK.

But for comparison, the gun death rate in the US is 46.68 per million!

The data for this map comes from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and is from 2021 for all ages and both sexes.

You can see the data for each cause below:

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