Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows counties in the United States where you can and can’t buy alcohol.
In the blue (wet) counties you can buy alcohol without any restrictions beyond age.
In the red (dry) counties you can’t buy any alcohol whatsoever.
And in the yellow (moist or semi-dry) counties there are some additional restrictions beyond age such as city level restrictions or alcohol type.
Here’s the original author on creating the map:
The map above shows how much entry level wages per hour have increased over and above inflation between 1935 (3 years before the federal minimum wage was introduced) and 2024 by state.
The southern states of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas were the biggest winners increasing their entry level hourly wages by 150% or more over and above inflation.
Conversely, many northern and western states barely saw their inflation adjusted starting wages improve over this time period.
And finally Illinois is perhaps the most interesting state.
It had the highest entry level hourly wage in 1935 at $0.67/hour, but by 2024 it’s starting hourly wage was 39th in the country at $14.06/hour, which is barely more than the state’s minimum wage of $13/hour.
Here is the full data:
The countries you can name are:
The map above shows that Europe’s 6 microstates (Vatican, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Malta) could all comfortably fit within London’s M25.
And if you could rearrange them slightly you could easily fit them within the borders of Greater London.
Here’s how they stack up:
The map above shows the fonts used in the logos for the various tourism boards across Europe.
It was created by Atlasova in 2023, so some countries may have changed slightly since then.
Below you can also see their maps for the US and Asia. Along with a map of the actual logos of European countries.
For example the map above shows whether you’re closer to the North or South Pole.
Keep reading to see lots more:
The map above supposedly shows the prevalence of blond hair in the population around the world.
The map doesn’t list its sources and the definition used.
Moreover, what counts as blond varies from country to country and even throughout a person’s lifetime (When I was a kid I had very blond hair, which then turned brown and is now rapidly turning grey).
But here’s a bit more on blond hair: