Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The reasons why certain teams are hated vary, often due to intense rivalries, frequent success (leading to jealousy or frustration from other fan bases), or specific incidents that have fostered animosity.
Below is a breakdown of some notable teams and the reasons they might be hated in particular regions:
Here’s a breakdown of the key elements:
There’s not much to say about the map above beyond Make Wales Great Again!
The map above shows how much pizza each person eats on average per year. It’s based on the following dataset.
Here are the numbers by country in KG and Pounds:
The map above looks at what would have happened in the famous 2000 US Presidential Election if each state awarded it’s electors proportionally rather than winner takes all (with a few exceptions).
In reality, George W. Bush won the election with 271 electoral votes to Gore’s 266 despite losing the popular vote by over 500,000 people.
However, under this scenario Gore would have won 271 electoral college votes, Bush would have own 261 and Ralf Nader would have received 6.
You can read more about the 2000 US Presidential Election here.
What do you think? Would this system would be better than the current one?
Here’s a detailed breakdown of what the map shows about the spread of Protestantism during this period:
The colors and patterns on the map represent the dominant religions or sects in different regions as of today.
Here’s a breakdown of what each section represents:
The data comes from the Pew Resarch Centre from 2018.
Here’s a breakdown of the numbers for each country as shown on the map:
The map above shows which US counties had an Asian population of 10% or above in the last US census of 2020.
Here are the list of counties with the corresponding % of residents who declared their race as being Asian only.
The map above shows which countries controlled what territories in North America in 1786.
With the French out of the picture after ceding their territories in North America to Great Britain and Spain in the Treaty of Paris 1763, following the end of the Seven Years War (aka French and Indian War), it was a four way race.
The old world powers of Spain and Great Britain still nominally controlled the most territory, but were facing the rising new world powers of the United States of America and the Vermont Republic.
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