The map above shows an odd fact, it includes New Zealand (frequently left off maps) BUT removes Poland for some bizarre reason.
Here’s the story from redditor Derisiak:
Did You Know That US Army Created & Maintains A Fictional World Entirely For Training Purposes With An Insanely Detailed Backstory & Lore?
It is essentially the U.S. Army’s enormous fictional geopolitical universe for training exercises.
More about it:
Countries Who’s Head Of State During WW2 Is Still Alive
The map above shows a rather sunrising fact: as of mid-2026 two countries in the world still have people alive who served as Heads of State for their country during World War 2.
The two men:
Impossible Countries Of The World With No Borders Minefield Game
How Much of the World Have You Seen? See The % Of Countries You’ve Visited
Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country (New Comparison Tool)
While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.
The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.
You can see an animation below:
[Read more…]Are Restaurants Legally Required To Offer Free Tap Water?
The map above shows where in the world restaurants have a legal requitement to offer free tap water and where they don’t. Of course there is nothing stopping restaurants in areas where it is not legally required doing so, just they don’t have to.
MonotoneCreeper explains:
Visualizing The Population of Various Countries
The following maps are all the work of reddit user KaleyTheKing. Each block on each map represents 0.1% of the country’s population.
Let’s have a look:
Monarchs Who Have Addressed A Joint Meeting of Congress
The map above shows how many Monarchs (Kings & Queens) have addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress throughout history, and I’m surprised how low the numbers are. According to Congress.gov: King Charles is the 11th king or queen to address a joint meeting of Congress.
The others in order are:
Number of Data Centers By Country
The map above shows the number of Data Centers by country in the world according to Data Center Map and based off their numbers the US is the clear leader with over 4,000 compared to its next closest competitor the UK which has just 509.
China is listed as only having 369 which seems suspiciously small.
So how is the data gathered? Data Center Map states:
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