Created by Randall Munroe at XKCD as Map Age Guide, click for larger versionThe flowchart above is a classic from Randall Munroe at XKCD showing how you can relatively easily figure out the date of any undated world map (assuming it’s complete, in English and has enough details).

And if you want to know read the full text see below (provided by Explain XKCD):

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Map found on reddit

According to Adobe: “A “modern”‘ PDF file can be 15,000,000 inches in each direction.” 15 million Inches is 38,100,000 cm or 236.74 miles or 381 km.

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Map created by reddit user Persistent_Bug_0101The map above shows which countries are mentioned in the Bible or more specifically which modern day countries have locations within their borders mentioned in the bible.

Here are the caveats from the map itself:

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Map created by Maps.Interlude

The map above shows the 10 most overworked countries in the World based on Average annual hours worked by employees in 2023.

One big country missing from the list is the United States (and even more notably China).

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The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Pyongyang) is presently the only Russian Orthodox Church in all of North Korea.

Here’s more about it:

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Map created by CeosadThe map above shows the most common routes North Korean defectors use to get to South Korea. Now you may wonder why don’t they just cross directly into South Korea.

And the answer of course is the DMZ (The Demilitarized Zone), and as the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) states:

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Map created by Iain MullanThe map above shows all the cities visited by Johnny Cash in his version of the song I’ve Been Everywhere as visualised on johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com.

In total, Iain Mullan estimates Cash travelled 174,493 km between the 92 cities mentioned in the song.

He starts the song by saying: “I was totin’ my pack along the dusty Winnemucca (NV) road” then goes on to list:

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Map created by Arnaugir via Wikimedia

The map above shows the extent of the Vatican City’s railway system (Holy See railway). With just two 300 metre sets of tracks and two freight sidings measuring a total of 1.27km (0.79 miles), it’s the shortest railway system in the world.

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Map created by reddit user deet0109The map above shows a rather interesting fact.

On October 3rd 2024, the UK agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute.

This means at some point in 2025 the sun will set (or have set if you’re reading this after) on the British Empire.

From the map author:

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The map above is another fantastic map from Perrin Remonté. It shows what Europe might look like if all the glaciers (by which he means Ice) on Earth melted.

Here’s what he says about the map:

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