Map Enthusiasts

Source: https://jakubmarian.com/year-and-method-of-last-execution-by-country-in-europe/

A few years ago, I read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, which gives a deterministic explanation of why civilizations have progressed the way they have. Among the factors that Diamond cites as determining the fate of a societies is latitude(how far North or South a location is). Locations with equal latitude have equal length days and often similar climates, suitability for crops, etc…

Communist Rep. of Turkey (with a autonomous zone for the Laz)

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Areas south of the Antarctic Circle experience extreme day-night cycles near the times of the June and December solstices, making it difficult to determine which time zone would be most appropriate. For practical purposes time zones are usually based on territorial claims; however, the time zone of their supply base is often utilised (e.g., McMurdo Station and Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station use New Zealand time due to their main supply base being Christchurch, New Zealand). In most areas south of 80 degrees latitude, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is assumed despite the limited presence of clocks.

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I’m not sure if the % means how much body hair the average man has or rather how many men cross some baseline threshold for having body hair. Either way, I thought this was mildly interesting.

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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/fr/web/interactive-publications/housing-2023#house-of-flat-owning-or-renting

Graphic by Africa Center, Original Post: https://mastodon.social/@africacenter/115243789841952535

Source: https://brilliantmaps.com/bishop-chess-piece-europe/

Source: https://www.moorepay.co.uk/the-ultimate-guide-to-countries-with-the-most-paid-time-off/

Source: https://brilliantmaps.com/solar-system-surface/

Growing up, portable cassette players were always called "freestyles" here. I never knew it was a marketing thing, or that some other countries also objected to the naming.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/rgap1e/what_gasoline_is_called_around_the_world/

Map: - https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:3f463773q

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We need some state names for these. A few -stans would be appropriate as well.

Source: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/why-are-homes-in-western-states-so/comments?triedRedirect=true

The stop killing games campaign is about preventing game publishers from intentionally destroying their games after official support ends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Thousand

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/post/92262

The Leo Belgicus (Latin, 'Belgic Lion') was used in both heraldry and map design to symbolize the former Low Countries (current day Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and a small part of northern France) with the shape of a lion.

Academic study on the use of the octopus metaphor to represent grasping, controlling invasive entities etc. Examines many examples.

Source: https://landgeist.com/2022/04/12/spirits-consumption-in-europe/

New Zealand doesn't exist, as usual.