Maps That Will Blow Your Mind

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This is a map of the highest paid public employees by state. If you're not already a football coach, you're making way less money than you could be.
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The red represents the countries with McDonald's. McDonald's may have gotten farther than the British. One things for sure, wherever you go, a packet of golden fries is never very far away.

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This is a map of every place in the world that the British have invaded, in pink. Only 22 countries were left out. That's impressive considering Great Britain itself is nearly too small to see on this map!
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What countries give mothers time off to bond with their babies? Nearly every country in the world. The United States is nearly the only holdout, along with Suriname, Liberia and Papua New Guinea.

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Chinese is a language full of colorful dialects. This map of Europe shows the literal translation of Chinese names for those countries. West Classtooth sounds like a bizarre place to visit.

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The red regions are countries that are not on the metric system. Seriously, the metric system makes so much sense, why can't we just suck it up and switch over?

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This map shows common pirate routes around the world so you know where to steer clear on your next fantastic voyage. The pink areas are the most dangerous; the West African coast and Indonesian waters are pirate-central!

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Have you ever wondered how much space the United States would take up if it were on the moon? No? Well, it's still pretty cool to see it on a map.

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The world has roughly 7 billion people, and each color on this map represents a part of the world where 1 billion people reside. Red and orange, which contain China and India, are pretty tightly packed!

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Where does most of the world's research take place? This dark purple regions have the highest Number of Researchers per Million Inhabitants
Around the World. North America and Europe are the nerds of the world!
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Sexual norms vary all over the globe. This interesting map charts the average age that people around the world got their v-card stamped for the first time. Green is youngest age and red is oldest. Looks like East Asia is really into holding out.

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The dark red countries have the most reported cases of bribery. The United States takes a hard stand against bribery, but looks like Russia and China have to deal with a lot of corruption!

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Maps don't always have to contain useful information. This beauty tracks the journey of 29,000 rubber duckies that fell off of a ship while it was crossing the pacific ocean.

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Have you been itching to catch a glimpse of yourself on Google Street View? This map shows in blue where the automated cars travel around the world.

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This is a map of global internet usage. The yellow wave represents day, the black represents night. The redder the area, the more internet they're using.

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There's a lot of overlap between people who are into maps and people who are into travelling. This guy blended the two in an awesome map tattoo with the countries he's visited colored in.

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The dark red countries have the most reported cases of bribery. The United States takes a hard stand against bribery, but looks like Russia and China have to deal with a lot of corruption!

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Nigeria :snoop:
 

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The guy with the colored in map tattoo is a cool idea. I try to check-in on Facebook when I travel so I can get those red dot markers in different countries. Kind of a virtual version of a where have I been map.
 

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Cool. Puts in perspective how big the moon is. I thought it was a lot smaller tbh.
 
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