13 Maps For The Weekend: Kissing, The Greatest Lakes & The Year In 2025

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Welcome back for 13 more maps to take you into the Weekend!

The “Natural” Borders Of France

14 Maps Showing Population Concentrations In Various Countries

Cheek-Kissing As A Form Of Greeting Including The Number Of Kisses Given

Europe According To Ireland

Make The Great Lakes Great Again: A Not So Serious Proposal To Make Them The Greatest Lakes

Where People Live in Greenland: Towns & Settlements With More Than 100 Inhabitants

War Plan Red: A 1930s Plan For a US Invasion of Canada & War With The British Empire

And Canada’s insane proposed counter-plan:

Map of Canada’s “Defense Scheme No. 1” From The 1920s & 30s

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Income & Inequality in the Nordic Countries

The Blue & Red Areas Have The Same Number of Murders Each Year

Railway Lines In the United States On The Eve Of The Civil War

Do European Houses Look Better On The Inside or Outside?

The Year 2025 In Other World Calendar Systems

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Maps From Earlier This Wee

• Simplified Star Wars Galaxy Map

• America’s Drunkest & Driest Counties Based On Excessive Drinking

• European Unification Movements

• 20 Similarities & Differences Between The Countries Of The Former Yugoslavia

• The Blue Dot (Monaco) Has Almost 3X The GDP of The Area in Red (Greenland)

• Which City Is Each European Country Most Ashamed Of

• African Countries Never Colonized By Europeans

• Singapore (Small Purple Dot) Has The Same Population & Bigger Economy Than These 6 US States Combined

• Simplified Map Of The 4 Basic Climates in the USA Hot & Wet

• Reimagining The United States As Having Only 1 To 20 States With New Names

• Map of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1866 vs 2024

• The Blond Hair Map Of The World

• The World Divided Into 4 Equal Parts Based On Population

• Maps of Showing The Fonts Used In Tourism Board Logos In Europe, Asia & The US

• Which Disney Resort Are You Closest To?

• All 6 of Europe’s Microstates Could Easily Fit Within London

• Can The Name Of The Country Be Spelt Using Only Periodic Table Elements?

• Increase In Entry Level Hourly Wage Above Inflation Between 1935 & 2024 By State

• Map of The Hippie Trail Routes of The 1960s & 1970s

• Dry, Moist & Wet Counties In The US: Based On Where You Can & Can’t Buy Alcohol

• 18 Brilliant Maps That Reveal Which Location You’re Closest To

• Indian Diaspora in the Middle East By Country

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