Map found on redditThe map above shows how the term for carbonated sweet soft drinks in different parts of the United States has shifted over time.

In 1947 the term Soda, Pop and Coke (which confusingly refers to all soft drinks, not just Coca Cola) were all fairly even distributed in the United States.

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Map created by reddit user dxrknxrth

The map above shows the modern remnants of the Central Pangean Mountain Range in Scandinavia, Scotland, Greenland, the United States and Africa.

More about them below:

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These 3 wonderful maps are all the work of Alex at Vividmaps (you can see an integrative version on his site).

They show the lone islands of voting support for Harris, Biden and Clinton in their respective US Presidential elections against Donald Trump visualised as topography maps rather than standard election maps.

Here are the ones for Biden in 2020 and Clinton in 2016:

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Created by Kevin ReinhardtThe amazing map above shows the world only using using airline flight routes. The original project dates back to 2014, but still looks incredible today.

Here are some notable observations and trends based on such maps:

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Click on the map for interactive versionThe map above shows the 637 Imperial Japanese Navy ships sunk during World War 2.

I’m a bit unclear who created the original map, but whoever they are I am really impressed with the work and would love to give them the proper credit they deserve.

More about Japanese loses:

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Map created by OwenBlackerThe map above shows the US War Plan Red:

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Map created by reddit user bezzlefordThe map above shows a rather shocking fact.

The countries in red: South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) have the same number of murders (22,071) each year than all the areas in blue (22,069).

This includes all of Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia as well as several Western and Midwest US Sates and a few other places to get the totals to match.

However, there’s something even more more shocking.

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Map found on redditThe map above shows where in the world cheek-kissing is used as form of greeting and how many kisses are typically given.

Here’s a bit more about the regional breakdown custom:

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Map created by maven.mappingand the.world.in.mapsThe map above shows what year it was various calendar systems on 1 January 2025 in the Gregorian Calendar.

However, it should be noted that while many countries have alternative calendar and dating systems, almost everyone also uses the Gregorian Calendar in day to day life alongside them.

Here’s a little bit more about them:

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Map created by atlasova.worldThe map above shows which Disney resort is closest to you, here’s a bit more about each of them:

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