The map meme above shows what happened when Britain did and did not fully implement two state solutions to the former colonial holdings.

In the case of the partition of Indian, it was fully divided into two states: India and Pakistan (which was divided into East and West Pakistan).

Palestine/Israel on the other hand was not fully divided into two states.

The state of Israel was created in 1948, but the corresponding Arab state was not because of objections from Arab leaders and other neighbouring Arab states.

However, in both cases the result has been massive violence.

Here’s more about how the two processes went.

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The map above looks at India’s first bullet speed line, the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor compared to the UK’s second high-speed line very aptly named High Speed 2 (or HS2 for short).

Here’s how they stack up:

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The map above shows how Nova Scotia aka New Scotland compares to old Scotland.

Here’s how they stack up:

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The Satellite map above shows the Newmarket Health Centre and Fertility Clinic or does it?

While I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble…

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Map created by reddit user desfirsitThe map above shows, where chess pieces go to die aka how often each piece was captured on a given square.

Yellow: More common for the piece to be captured there.

Purple: Less common.

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The two maps here are poke fun at the idea of how both Americans and Europeans feel about travelling to each other’s countries.

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Below is my purely subjective list of the 17 oddest and weirdest shaped countries in world and why they are the shaped the way they are.

17. Italy

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The maps below compare GDP growth of various countries between 2000 and 2025. The GDP data comes from the IMF via Wikipedia which states that:

“Figures are based on official exchange rates, not on the purchasing power parity (PPP) methodology. Values are given in millions of United States dollars (USD) and have not been adjusted for inflation.”

In total World GDP increased from $34 Trillion USD to $116 Trillion USD during this period a 240% increase!

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The map above shows the huge difference in the size of the UK vs Japan’s highspeed rail networks in 1963 compared to 2025.

Given the UK’s invented passenger railways it seems even more strange. So why is the UK network’s so small compared to Japan’s?

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Map created by @geoglobal_

The map above shows the huge disparity between high speed rail service in the United States compared to Europe.

In the United States:

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