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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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I decided to have a bit of fun with the maps above.

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Map created by Favox88The map above shows banned football (soccer) matchups between various countries, pre the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In most cases, it comes down to historical animosity and/or (lack of) political recognition.

The banned matchups are:

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The map above comes from Life magazine and was published on February 10th, 1916.

It’s titled: My Country ‘Tis of Thee – New Prussia

But it’s important to note, that it was before the United States entered the war on the side of the UK and France.

As Reddit user Pjpjpjpjpj further states:

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