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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 22m

Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population

Data for more countries: brilliantmaps.com/top-10-co...

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 1h

A 1917 Map of Women's Suffrage in North America

More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/1917-wome...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 2h

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is the third most connected airport in the world with direct flights to 279 destinations.

Any guesses who flies to more places?

The list: brilliantmaps.com/airports-...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3h

Somewhat Controversial Map Of Countries Named After People

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/countries...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 4h

Excerpt of Full Doggerland: The Europe That Was Map by William E. McNulty and Jerome N. Cookson

More about Doggerland (and link to full map): brilliantmaps.com/doggerlan...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 5h

Krubera Cave Map: Once The Deepest Cave System In The World At -2,196m (-7,204ft)

brilliantmaps.com/krubera-c...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 6h

The Length of The Great Wall Of China vs Europe

More about the relative lengths: brilliantmaps.com/great-wal...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 7h

Brilliant Transit Style Map of North American Rivers

By Daniel Huffman

More about it: brilliantmaps.com/transit-s...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 8h

Map of North America by Cryptids According To AI

Created by AI being dumb

More examples: brilliantmaps.com/ai-being-...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 9h

Soviet Union In 1990 vs Russia In 2025

See the other post-soviet states here: brilliantmaps.com/soviet-un...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 10h

This bit of London with 21,725 people squeezed into 1 sq km has the highest population density of anywhere in the UK.

Yet it's less than half as dense as the densest European city: brilliantmaps.com/densest-n...

credit: Alasdair Rae

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 11h

Number of Spider Species By European Country

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 12h

In 1960 Which Countries Were Richer or Poorer Than China? (Change From 1950)

See the numbers for 2020: brilliantmaps.com/china-gdp...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 13h

Map of World in George Orwell’s 1984

Read more about it: brilliantmaps.com/1984-map/

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 13h

Population Density Map Of Sri Lanka

See 100+ more: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 14h

6 Ways To Divide England Linguistically

More detailed versions of the maps here: brilliantmaps.com/6-ways-to...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 15h

Which Holy city are you closest to?

See more maps like this: brilliantmaps.com/which-one...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 16h

Map Of The American Diaspora in the World: Where Americans Emigrate To

Full list by country: brilliantmaps.com/american-...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 16h

The British Empire At Its Territorial Peak Covered Nearly The Same Area As The Moon

More about the comparison: brilliantmaps.com/british-e...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 17h

Kiribati is made up of 33 coral atolls scattered across 3.5 million km² of ocean, bigger than India! 😮🌊

It's also the only country that sits in all four hemispheres.

And it's first country in the world to ring-in the New Year.

More odd shaped countries: brilliantmaps.com/weird-cou...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 17h

This looks really bad for the Democrats

2030 Apportionment Forecast
+4: TX, FL
+1: AZ, ID, UT

-3: CA
-2: NY
-1: IL, MN, OR, PA, RI, WI

* Based on the 2024 Census Population Estimates released December 19, 2024.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 18h

Language Map of Belgium With Major Cities

More about the divide: brilliantmaps.com/language-...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 19h

Map of All Countries That Have Ever Gained Independence From The United Kingdom

"Independence from Britain is celebrated somewhere in the world, on average, one in every seven days."

Full list: brilliantmaps.com/gained-in...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 20h

Where Nuclear Weapons Are Stored In Europe

Do European countries need their own independent nuclear weapon systems?

More about each of them here: brilliantmaps.com/where-nuc...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 21h

Does it bother anyone else that most of the states in the Midwest are actually in the Eastern United States?

Data about the Midwest: brilliantmaps.com/us-midwest/

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