
The hidden text: ‘Well, there’s speculation that it’s due to a mantle hotspot.’ –a geologist who’s trying to cover up the fact that they didn’t hear your question
And for more here’s an explanation from Explain XKCD:
Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
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The hidden text: ‘Well, there’s speculation that it’s due to a mantle hotspot.’ –a geologist who’s trying to cover up the fact that they didn’t hear your question
And for more here’s an explanation from Explain XKCD:
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The map above was created by Instagramer Matt Shirley and the data comes from his followers.
If you like this sort of map, you’ll probably like his book A Visual Learner’s Guide to Being a Grown-Up.
Here is the full list:
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The map above shows the rather interesting fact that one two countries ever used the F-14 Tomcat Fighter and one of them was Iran.
More on how this happened below:
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The map above shows the congressional election where the most Republicans won seats (1920) and the where the Democrats won the most seats (just 16 years later in 1936).
In 1920, the Republicans won 302 seats compared to just 131 for the Democrats. But in 1936 the Democrats surpassed the Republican high-water mark winning 334 seats to just 88 for the Republicans (Progressives also 7 seats and 3 went to Farmer–Labor).
Here are the totals for all states for both years:
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The map above looks at the Odds Trump will mention a country or US State in his State of The Union Address. The data comes from prediction market sites Polymarket and Kalshi.
Here’s the full list of locations with the odds as of Feb 23rd (odds may have since changed):
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The map above shows the number of times each country’s name appears in the Epstein files. I had an idea to do a similar map, but then I saw that reddit user Extreme-Shopping74 had beat me to.
Here are a few key things from the map:
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The map above compares non-inflation adjusted house prices by state in 2000 vs House prices in December 2025 according to Zillow’s All Home Index.
In 2000, not a single state had average home prices above $200k, the closest was Massachusetts at $192,616.
However, by 2026 only 2 states had average home prices below $200k: Mississippi and West Virginia.
Here’s the data below, including raw numbers, inflation adjusted numbers and 2026 numbers:
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At this stage you’ve no doubt seen the meme that Trump only wants Greenland because of how much bigger it looks using the Mercator Projection:
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From the author of the map:
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The short video above shows Jason Girouard’s amazing run around all of Manhattan’s Streets. You can read the full story here, and here’s the main details: