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Title: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: barbie on August 16, 2013, 06:18:37 PM
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

Map 11: I did not know that the route between Seoul and my home town was the busiest air travel route in the world, although I knew that one airplane departs for Seoul every 5 minutes in the daytime.

barbie~~
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: JenSquid on August 16, 2013, 10:19:10 PM
Pretty cool.

I did not know you could draw a straight line from Pakistan to Kamchatka entirely over water.
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: JillSter on August 16, 2013, 10:42:39 PM
That was awesome!

Thanks for sharing that. :)
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Jamie D on August 16, 2013, 10:50:24 PM
How Australians see the world ...

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftwistedsifter.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F08%2Fmap-of-world-upside-down-south-pole-on-top.jpg&hash=c7bf26b5019bfac97abf128fe3cd4944af13fa76) 

>:-)
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: JillSter on August 17, 2013, 12:49:18 AM
We're supposedly overdue for a polarity shift, so it may look like that pretty soon.

By pretty soon I mean in next 100,000 years or so. :P
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Cindy on August 17, 2013, 03:13:17 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on August 16, 2013, 10:50:24 PM
How Australians see the world ...

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftwistedsifter.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F08%2Fmap-of-world-upside-down-south-pole-on-top.jpg&hash=c7bf26b5019bfac97abf128fe3cd4944af13fa76) 

>:-)

It's not an opinion, it is the truth!
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: SaveMeJeebus on August 17, 2013, 05:18:24 AM
29,000 Rubber Duckies xD
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Cindy on August 17, 2013, 05:24:35 AM
Mind you an ex Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating, did describe Australia as being placed as the "arsehole of the world".

Which many would agree with !!
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Jenny07 on August 17, 2013, 05:46:33 AM
I thought he was speaking of a city located between Perth and Melbourne.

Oh I will burn for that!
:icon_poke: :icon_flamed:

When will the rest of the world realise that they are upside down?
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Cindy on August 17, 2013, 06:14:12 AM
Quote from: Jenny07 on August 17, 2013, 05:46:33 AM
I thought he was speaking of a city located between Perth and Melbourne.

Oh I will burn for that!
:icon_poke: :icon_flamed:

When will the rest of the world realise that they are upside down?

Sydney?
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Danielle Emmalee on August 17, 2013, 08:03:11 AM
Quote from: Jenny07 on August 17, 2013, 05:46:33 AM
I thought he was speaking of a city located between Perth and Melbourne.

Oh I will burn for that!
:icon_poke: :icon_flamed:

When will the rest of the world realise that they are upside down?

The one that rhymes with lemonade?
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Kia on August 17, 2013, 01:47:54 PM
Cool I love a good map, here's a fun one:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg35.imageshack.us%2Fimg35%2F7505%2F4xj.gif&hash=424bf9dd290d9044362ea98a13241125c8762598)

Back when Spain was exploring the Western bit of North America they thought California was an island, for like a real long time
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Danielle Emmalee on August 17, 2013, 01:53:53 PM
Quote from: Kia on August 17, 2013, 01:47:54 PM
Cool I love a good map, here's a fun one:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg35.imageshack.us%2Fimg35%2F7505%2F4xj.gif&hash=424bf9dd290d9044362ea98a13241125c8762598)

Back when Spain was exploring the Western bit of North America they thought California was an island, for like a real long time

Is that foreshadowing?
Title: Re: 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
Post by: Felix on August 31, 2013, 04:38:27 PM
I love the surnames one. Time zones in Antarctica made me lol. And the chinese literal translations. Actually they were all pretty sweet.

Thanks for sharing that. I adore maps and hadn't come across some of those yet.