The spring song bird migration map above comes from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which explains the video in the following way:

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Map created by The Ocean CleanupThe map above shows the size and garbage density of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch relative to the United States. It was created by the The Ocean Cleanup.

Here’s a little more about it from their website:

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The map above is another work of Yanko Tsvetkov in his Atlas of Prejudice series.

It shows 12 different ways you can separate the US into different regions.

They are:
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Map created by @hdk_mapsThe map above shows the number of ducks in each US county used for agricultural purposes (e.g. eggs and meat)  . The data comes from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture.

In total there were 3,422,959 farm raised ducks living in the United States that year.

Here’s the data by state and county:

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Map created by @HDK_Maps

The map above shows the number of Alpacas living in each US county. The data comes from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture.

In total they recorded 87,216 Alpacas living in the US in 851 different US countries. Here are states ranked on the number of alpacas, along with country level data:

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Map created by reddit user Samsfax2The map above shows the simplified etymology (aka origin) of each US state’s name. However, the origin of some names are disputed (as you can see below).

However, before we get to that here’s what the author had to say about their map:

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The map above was created by John F. Smith in 1888 and is an attempt to show the Historical Geography of the United States in 1888.

The copy of the map above comes from the Library of Congress and here’s what is written at the bottom:

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Map created by the Jewish Electorate Institute

The map above shows the total number of Jews living in the United States. Overall, the map creators estimate that there is a total Jewish population in the United States of 7,698,840 people.

And given that the total U.S. Population is 334,914,095 people, it means 2.3% of the total US population is Jewish.

Here is the data by state:

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The map above shows which other state is mentioned most often on that state’s Wikipedia page. It comes from Crossword-Solver and you can also see the most unique words on each state’s page below.

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