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XKCD Explains The Cause Of Landscape Features Of The United States

Last Updated: March 23, 2026 Leave a Comment

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XKCD Explains The Cause Of Landscape Features Of The United States

Credit XKCD #3221
The map above shows how why the various bits of the US landscape are the way they are.

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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Every US State’s Favorite State Besides Their Own

Last Updated: March 10, 2026 11 Comments

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Every US State's Favorite State Besides Their Own With Arrows

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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Countries That Use (Or Have Used) The F-14 Tomcat, Yes The Plane From Top Gun

Last Updated: March 5, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Countries That Use (Or Have Used) The F-14 Tomcat

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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Most Congressional Seats Ever Won By The Republicans vs The Most Won By The Democrats

Last Updated: March 25, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Most Congressional Seats Ever Won By The Republicans vs The Most Won By The Democrats

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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What Places Will Trump Mention During The State of the Union Address?

Last Updated: February 24, 2026 Leave a Comment

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What Places Will Trump Mention During The State of the Union Address?

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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How Often Is You Country Mentioned In The Epstein Files?

Last Updated: February 5, 2026 Leave a Comment

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How Often Is You Country Mentioned In The Epstein Files?

Credit Extreme-Shopping74

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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Non-Inflation Adjusted House Prices In 2000 vs 2026 in The United States

Last Updated: February 11, 2026 1 Comment

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Non-Inflation Adjusted House Prices In 2000 vs 2026 in The United States

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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The Left & Right Are Both Lying To You About Greenland’s Size

Last Updated: January 19, 2026 6 Comments

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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:

Mercator Projection vs True size

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US Winter Lows Compared To Canada’s Warmest City

Last Updated: December 21, 2025 Leave a Comment

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US Winter Lows Compared to Canada's Warmest City

Map created by reddit user seashellvalley760
The map above compares the average low temperature in the coldest month for the largest city in each county to that of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, which has a low of 3C (37.4F).

From the author of the map:

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Running Every Street In Manhattan: 750 Miles

Last Updated: December 21, 2025 Leave a Comment

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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:

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