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10 Best Toilet Paper Deals You Buy Online From Amazon

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

Like everyone else right now, I’ve had difficulty finding toilet paper in recent weeks. Therefore, I thought I’d create this very simple guide showing the 10 best toilet paper deals you can find on Amazon, just don’t expect to find brands like Charmin, Scott or Cottonelle.

The criteria were very simple, listings needed to have stock available at the time of writing, reviews had to be above 4 stars and had to not obviously look like a scam (although I take no responsibility for the quality of these listings, that’s on Amazon).

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Hungarian Pamphlet From 1920 Protesting The Treaty of Trianon

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 10 Comments

Hungarian Pamphlet From 1920 Protesting The Treaty of Trianon

Map found via reddit user poisonborz

The map above was distributed by the Hungarian Government to foreign locals protesting about the “unfairness” of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.

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Filed Under: Europe

The Roman Empire vs. The Mongol Empire At Their Respective Peaks

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 29 Comments

The Roman Empire vs. The Mongol Empire At Their Respective Peaks

Map created by reddit user GalXE106

The map above shows how big the Roman and Mongol Empires were at their respective peaks. The Mongols had the world’s largest contiguous land based Empire in history (and the second largest overall after the British), but just how much bigger was it than Rome?

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2016 US Presidential Election Maps By Population Vs Land Area

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 23 Comments

2016 US Presidential Election Map By Population Vs Land Area

Map created by Larry Weru at StemLounge

The map above is one of several attempts to improve on the somewhat famous 2016 US Presidential Election Map which you can see below.

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Filed Under: United States

Migrating Birds In Europe: Map Visualization

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

Map found via reddit.

The map above is a visualization of migrating birds in Europe taken from the German TV show Zugvögel.

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Filed Under: Europe

Where You Don’t Need A Permit To Buy A Gun

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 30 Comments

Where You Don't Need A Permit To Buy A Gun

Map created by reddit user Borysk5

The map above shows which countries/US states don’t require you to have a permit to buy a gun or other firearm. Yemen is allegedly the only country in the world where don’t need a permit to buy a gun no matter where you live.

This is followed closely by the United States where the majority of people live in states which don’t require a permit.

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11 Months Of A Lone Wolf’s 2,774 Miles Of Travel In Northern Minnesota

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

Map created by Voyageurs Wolf Project, via Reddit

The map above shows the 2,774 miles (4,464 km) travelled by a lone wolf in North Minnesota over the course of 11 months. The data comes the Voyageurs Wolf Project via a GPS-collar that tracked locations every 20 minutes.

Tom Gable, Wildlife Biologist posted it on Reddit and also answered some questions you can read below:

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Number of Years Spent Under Ottoman Rule In The Western Balkans

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

Number of Years Spent Under Ottoman Rule In The Western Balkans

Map created by reddit user Porodicnostablo

The map above shows how long the Ottoman Empire ruled the various parts of the Western Balkans. Some regions were ruled for over 500 years, whereas others were ruled for less than a century and some were never conquered at all.

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The Countries In Red Have As Many Murders Combined As The US

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 23 Comments

Map created by reddit user Rift3N

The map above shows a rather surprising fact, the US (population: 327 million) has roughly the same number of murders as all the countries in red combined (total population: over 2.3 billion): 17,250 vs 17,324.

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The Known World According To Herodotus In The 5th Century BC

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 3 Comments

The Known World According To Herodotus In The 5th Century BC

Map crated by Bibi Saint-Pol via Wikimedia

The map above is a modern depiction of ancient Greek historian Herodotus’ view of the Ecumene (or oecumene), literally the the known or the inhabited world, in the 5th Century BC. And while obviously far from fully accurate it clearly shows Europe, Africa and Asia.

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