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11 Weekend Maps: School Shootings (US vs Europe), Space Flags & Whipping Shitties?

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Welcome back to our final edition of the Brilliant Maps newsletter with 11 more maps to take you into the weekend.

School Shootings: US vs Europe In Maps

Fictional Space Flags For Each Country’s Space Program

Map Of The World’s Railways

How 433 Investors Unlocked 400X Return Potential

Institutional investors back startups to unlock outsized returns. Regular investors have to wait. But not anymore. Thanks to regulatory updates, some companies are doing things differently.

Take Revolut. In 2016, 433 regular people invested an average of $2,730. Today? They got a 400X buyout offer from the company, as Revolut’s valuation increased 89,900% in the same timeframe.

Founded by a former Zillow exec, Pacaso’s co-ownership tech reshapes the $1.3T vacation home market. They’ve earned $110M+ in gross profit to date, including 41% YoY growth in 2024 alone. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

The same institutional investors behind Uber, Venmo, and eBay backed Pacaso. And you can join them. But not for long. Pacaso’s investment opportunity ends September 18.

Paid advertisement for Pacaso’s Regulation A offering. Read the offering circular at invest.pacaso.com. Reserving a ticker symbol is not a guarantee that the company will go public. Listing on the NASDAQ is subject to approvals.

Passenger Railway Networks Compared

10 Countries Where Apostasy (The Act Of Leaving A Religion) Is Theoretically Punishable By Death

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Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479): The World’s First Colonial Partition Treaty

The True Size of The Pacific Ocean

Largest Religious Group In Each African Country

Elevations of State Borders In The Contiguous United States

What If Chile Had Been Divided Between East & West During The Cold War

Whipping Shitties?

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