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Public Road Border Crossings Between the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland

May 30, 2018 6 Comments

Map created by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

The map above shows 195 public road border crossing points between the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland.

In total, there are somewhere between 208 and 275 public border crossing across the 499 km (310 mi) border.

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

4 Colour Theorem: All The World’s Countries Can Be Coloured Using Only 4 Colours, So That No Two Adjacent Countries Share The Same Colour

April 11, 2018 2 Comments

4 Colour Theorem: All The World's Countries Can Be Coloured Using Only 4 Colours So That No Two Adjacent Countries Have The Same Colour

Map created by Fibonacci on Wikimedia

The map shows the four colour theorem in practice.

The theorm states that:

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Filed Under: World Maps

Kazakhstan Was The Last Soviet Republic To Leave The USSR (4 Days After Russia), Which Means That For 4 Days, This Was The Map Of The Soviet Union

April 9, 2018 5 Comments

Kazakhstan Was The Last Soviet Republic To Leave The USSR (4 Days After Russia), Which Means That For 4 Days, This Was The Map Of The Soviet Union

Map created by Shadowxfox via Wikimedia and fact via reddit user Bram06

The map above is a map of the Kazakh SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic), which existed between December 5, 1936 and December 16, 1991 and by a quirk of history was the last of the Republics to leave the Soviet Union.

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Filed Under: Asia, Europe

Women’s Suffrage Mapped: The Year Women Got The Vote By Country

March 8, 2018 16 Comments

Women's Suffrage Mapped: The Year Women Got The Vote By Country

Map created by Cuba Holidays

The map above shows when women got the right to vote in each country around the world.

2018 marks the centenary of Women’s suffrage in the UK and even then only with several restrictions (had to be over the age of 30 and meet property qualifications).

Women in the UK would not get get to vote on equal terms as men until the passage of the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928.

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Filed Under: World Maps

Public Image Of The EU Before & After Brexit Referendum By EU Country

March 7, 2018 8 Comments

Map above created by reddit user Reilly616

The map above shows how each European Union (EU) country views the EU as a whole based on polls conducted by Eurobarometer in May 2016 vs November 2017.

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Filed Under: Europe

Regional EU GDP Per Capita 2004 vs 2014

February 20, 2018 4 Comments

Regional EU GDP Per Capita 2004 vs 2014

Map crated by the European Parliamentary Research Service

The map above shows the relative GDP per capita of the EU-28’s NUTS 2 Regions in Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) in 2004 and 2014.

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Filed Under: Europe

All The Public Saunas In Finland

February 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

All The Public Saunas In Finland

Map created by Reddit user iBleeedorange

The map above supposedly shows all the public saunas in Finland.

According to Statistics Finland, the total number of saunas was estimated to be over 2 million at the end of 2016 out of a population of just 5.5 million people.

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Filed Under: Other

Every UK County’s Top Rated Tourist Attraction

February 9, 2018 5 Comments

Every UK Country' Top Rated Tourist Attraction

Map created by Principal Hotel Company

The map above shows every UK County’s Top Rated Tourist Attraction as voted on by members of the public.

It was created by the Principal Hotel Company and there are likely a few surprises.

You can see the full list below:

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

Change In Percentage Of Indian Households with Toilets From 2014 to 2017

January 30, 2018 1 Comment

Change In Percentage Of Indian Households with Toilets From 2014 to 2017

Map created by Reddit user brahminthrowaway9460

The map above shows the theoretical change in the percentage of Indian Households with their own toilets between 2014 and 2017.

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Filed Under: India

GDP per Capita in Europe in 1890 (in 2017 $)

January 30, 2018 12 Comments

GDP per Capita in Europe in 1890 (in 2017 $)

Map created by Reddit user Kamil1707

The map above shows the very approximate GDP per capita for various European states in 1890. Below we look at how these have changed over the past 127 years.

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Filed Under: Europe

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