#StrangeMaps #1279 - Africa wants its true size on the map.

#StrangeMaps #1278 - The strange cartography of Superman's ever-shifting hometown.

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Our perception is limited. Our imagination is not. Can you see a world in a grain of sand?.

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The territory of Norway extends further north, east, south and west than all the countries marked in blue on this map. That includes not only fellow Nordics Sweden and Finland, but also a large band of countries in both Europe and Africa. How is that possible? Because of

#StrangeMaps #1277 - Mapped: How warm your city will be in the 2080s.

#StrangeMaps #1276 - Is this acre in England really American territory?

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In the past week, three major Western countries (in yellow on this map) have announced they plan to recognize Palestinian statehood: France, the UK and Canada. That is an important qualitative addition to the group of countries recognizing Palestine, but the club already had

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According to Philip Larkin’s poem ‘Annus Mirabilis’, “Sexual intercourse began / In nineteen sixty-three / (…) Between the end of the Chatterley ban / And the Beatles' first LP.”. According to this clock, however, sex began eight minutes past six in the evening – hours before

#StrangeMaps #1275 - Evolution isn't a straight line: Modern humans come from two ancient lineages.

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Six Ashes is a small, unremarkable village in the English county of Shropshire, right on the border with Staffordshire. Had the dice of history rolled slightly differently, it would have been the tripoint of the three realms making up the bulk of Britain: a much greater Wales, a

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In the UK and large parts of Western Europe, the prevailing winds blow smoke and smells from west to east. Back when coal was king and factories were many, that made enough of a difference to quality of life that the eastern part of major cities was generally the poorer one.

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Europe is a tech dwarf. This stunning graph shows the difference in size of the technology sectors in the U.S., China and Europe. Specifically, it groups together the value of privately held technology companies that are worth more than $1 billion each. For the U.S., that value

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Glastonbury 2025 ends tonight. Visitors to the five-day festival in Somerset (England) can stay one more night, but are expected to clear the site at Worthy Farm by tomorrow evening. Headliners of this year’s festival included Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo, and Rod Stewart, with