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The Many Disgusting Dishes & Culinary Horrors of Europe

Last Updated: April 10, 2025 50 Comments

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culinary horrors of Europe Map

Map created by Yanko Tsvetkov
While European food has a very positive international reputation, it’s not all steak frites and pasta. As the map above shows, the continent also has its fair share of disgusting dishes and culinary horrors.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: food

The 4,037 Cities In The World With Over 100,000 People

Last Updated: September 10, 2024 7 Comments

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100,000 person cities

Map created by Fingolas, Interactive version

The map above shows the 4,037 cities in the world that have over 100,000 people living in them. It was created by reddit user Fingolas, who explains how the map was created:

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: cities, population

How To Say The Names of Arabic Speaking Countries in Arabic (with Romanizations)

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 7 Comments

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Names of Arabic Speaking Countries in Arabic

Map by reddit user Pinuzzo

The map above shows the names of Arabic speaking countries in Arabic with romanizations to help those who don’t actually speak Arabic. Interestingly, most are quite different from the English name for the country.

Reddit user Pinuzzo, who created the map, explains that:

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: arabic, romanization

How North Londoners View The Rest Of The UK Or Why The Rest of The UK Hates London

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 76 Comments

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North London UK Stereotypes

North London UK Stereotype Map by reddit user holytriplem

The map above, created by reddit user holytriplem, looks at stereotypes of the UK from one North Londoner’s perspective. If you’re from North London, you may find yourself agreeing with many of the stereotypes.

However, if you’re from elsewhere in the UK you may just be thinking to yourself that this is just one more reason to hate London.

And of course, if you’re not from the UK at all, you might be scratching your head at this map. But don’t worry, holytriplem has provided a few explanations:

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Filed Under: United Kingdom Tagged With: stereotypes

Where People Trust Religion More Than Science

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 12 Comments

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religion over science

Map created by reddit user a_a_t

Are science and religion doomed to conflict with each other? Looking at the map above, it seems that for the time being, in many countries, science and religion remain at odds.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: religion

How To Write The Date In Different Countries

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 8 Comments

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Date Format

Map from wikimedia

You’d think something as common and important as writing dates would be standardized by now. And in fact it is, ISO 8601 sets the international standard for writing dates as YYYY-MM-DD.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: date

Countries Named After People

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 20 Comments

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countries named after people

Map by reddit user BlackJackKetchum

Ever fantasized about running your own country? How about naming one after yourself? As the map above shows, a select group of individuals have achieved a degree of immortality due to countries being named after them.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: names

4 Maps That Put China’s & India’s Populations Into Perspective

Last Updated: July 24, 2024 1 Comment

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China's population compared

Map comparing China’s population to other major countries by reddit user TeaDranks
Note this post is originally from 2015 and some of the population numbers have since changed the main one being India now has more people than China.

TeaDranks, creator of the widely popular World Population Cartogram, is back again with 4 new population inspired maps.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: population

If Frodo & Sam Had Google Maps Of Middle Earth

Last Updated: September 9, 2024 14 Comments

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Frodo Google maps

Created by Mark Crosby, found via reddit

If Sam and Frodo had had this Google Map of Middle Earth, their journey would likely have been a lot easier than the one in the Lord of the Rings. Created by Mark Crosby the map has all sorts of wonderful additions.

For example:

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: fictional, film

7 Tube Maps Only The Colour Blind Will Truly Appreciate

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

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Black and white tube map

Large print, black & white London Underground map for colour blind customers by TFL

Ever think London’s tube map looks confusing? Now imagine trying to use it, but you couldn’t easily distinguish between the colours of each line.

Well for hundreds of thousands of colour blind Londoners, this is their reality each and every day.

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: colour blind, transportation, tube

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