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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 21m

Random Geographic Fact Of The Day: The Geographical Centre of Vietnam is in Laos & The Geographical Centre of Laos is in Thailand

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 1h

Cousin (Consanguineous) Marriage % By Country

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 2h

Share of 15-29 Year Olds With Two Native Born Parents (As defined by eurostat)

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3h

Alcohol Consumption By Drink Type In Europe

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 4h

Where The Mafia Operates In Italy

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 5h

You Guys vs Y’All

Which do you use where you live?

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 6h

These 31 Countries Still Don’t Recognize Israel

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/israel-fo...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 7h

Clan Flag Map of Japan In 1603 At The Dawn Of The Tokugawa Shogunate

More about the most important clans here: brilliantmaps.com/clan-flag...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 8h

Map Showing How & When Slavery Was Abolished In The United States

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 9h

Countries That Were Raided Or Settled By The Vikings Based On Modern Borders

Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/viking-wo...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 10h

The regions of the world that produce the most rice

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 11h

Reject Modernity, Embrace Tradition

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 12h

Map Showing Which Countries Have Lost Wars To Birds

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 13h

Which Language Does Every Country Want to Learn In Africa

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 14h

What if All the -Stans United?

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 15h

European Unification Movements

Which do you think is most likely to happen?

More about each of them: brilliantmaps.com/european-...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 16h

Map Showing 100 Years of Plane Crashes In 58 Seconds

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 17h

Oldest Universities In Africa

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 17h

What Day of The Week Elections Are Normally Held: Election Days By Country

What do you think the best day of the week for an election is?

More about the differences: brilliantmaps.com/election-...

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 18h

Nikola Tesla Claims Of The Countries Of The Former Yugoslavia

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 19h

The First Vowel in “Syrup”

How do you pronounce it where you're from?

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 20h

World Potato Cultivation Map Shows They're Not Just Grown Where You Think

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/potatoes/

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 20h

Throwback Map: The Cheapest & Most Expensive Pints In The UK: Prices By Region in 2018

Even £4.40 for a pint seems like a huge bargain. Routinely pay over £7 in SE London.

How about you?

Source: merchantmachine.co.uk/pint-...

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 21h

Canada Divided Into Four Equally Populated Regions

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 21h

1856 US Presidential Election Map: Buchanan vs Frémont vs Fillmore

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