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Map Of The Longest Land Border For Each European Country

Last Updated: March 27, 2026 7 Comments

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Flag Map Of The Longest Land Border For Each European Country

Map created by reddit user ItMightBeZenith
The map above is a mostly accurate flag map of the longest border for each European Country.

However, when looking through I did spot a few errors.

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Filed Under: Europe

Names of European Languages In Their Own Language

Last Updated: April 15, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Names of European Languages In Their Own Language

Map created by Jakub Marian
The map above shows the name of various European languages in their own native language. Whereas the map below shows the same languages by their English names.

And as noted by Jakub:

Please note that when there are two forms of a name that differ only by the inclusion of the word “language”, the map shows the more common variant. For example, Polish is called either język polski or polszczyzna, but the former variant is significantly more common than the latter one, so it is the one shown in the map.

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Americans Visiting Europe & Europeans Visiting America

Last Updated: April 7, 2025 2 Comments

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Americans Visiting Europe

The two maps here are poke fun at the idea of how both Americans and Europeans feel about travelling to each other’s countries.

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Map of The Most Commonly Spoken Languages In Toronto Other Than English

Last Updated: April 7, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The most common mother tongues in Toronto besides English

The map above and below are both the work of Alex McPhee, aka Pronghorn maps.

And you can buy both of them on his website here.

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Filed Under: Canada

The 17 Oddest Shaped Countries In The World & How They Came To Be

Last Updated: April 4, 2025 11 Comments

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Below is my purely subjective list of the 17 oddest and weirdest shaped countries in world and why they are the shaped the way they are.

17. Italy

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Left Hand Turn At Red Lights Laws By US State & Canadian Province

Last Updated: April 2, 2025 1 Comment

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Left Hand Turn At Red Lights Laws By US State & Canadian Province

The map above shows where it is and is not legal to turn left at a red light in the US and Canada. Here’s the key data by state and province according to Wikipedia.

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Filed Under: Canada, United States

The Rise, Fall & Rebirth Of Passenger Rail in Great Britain Over 196 Years

Last Updated: April 2, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Video created by reddit user omnomdombomb

The video above shows the growth, then decline and finally the revival of passenger railways in Great Britain over 196 years, from 1825 to 2022.

Below you can see a full list of stations, including the date they opened, whether or not they are still open today and if not when they closed and finally their geographic co-ordinates.

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

China GDP Per Capita By Decade From 1950 To 2020

Last Updated: April 2, 2025 1 Comment

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Countries that have been richer or poorer than China since 1950

The map above shows which countries remain richer per person than China in 2020 and which China has overtaken since 1950.

In 1950, China’s GDP per capita in inflation adjusted terms was just $799 per person, making it the 20th lowest in the world.

By 2020 this had risen to $17,226 per person, which still only places it 67th in the world. Here’s how that change looked like over 70 years:

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Most Common Origin Country of Immigrants To Western Europe

Last Updated: April 1, 2025 4 Comments

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Most Common Origin Country of Immigrants To Different Parts Of Western Europe

Map created by reddit user Min_Noo
The map above shows the flag of the country the origin countries of immigrants to different parts of Europe. I’m not 100% certain on the origin of the data for the map but a quick check looks like it’s fairly accurate.

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Filed Under: Europe

Genetic Map of Greece

Last Updated: April 1, 2025 Leave a Comment

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Genetic Map of Greece

Map found on reddit
The map above shows the regional genetic map of Greece based on the DNA from different time periods: Bronze/Iron Age, Roman era, Medieval Slavic, and Ottoman era Turkish.

It comes from this article: A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations.

Here are the key things to know:

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Filed Under: Europe

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