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hootinholler

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11. WOW, that's distracting!

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 04:42 PM

Oct 2013

Damn, sucked me right in. Great thread.

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40 maps that will help you make sense of the world. Fascinating. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 OP

Wow that's really interesting gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

K/R, also recommending Sankey Diagrams and worldmapper.org as great visualization tools. OMG. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #2

We appear to be quite obese. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #26

Really interesting. treestar Oct 2013 #3

22 countries that Britain has not invaded... Lobo27 Oct 2013 #4

Britain went into Mexico along with the French and Spanish in 1862 happyslug Oct 2013 #12

The size of Africa... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #5

What fits into Russia? ThoughtCriminal Oct 2013 #7

LOL! I really miss SCTV. They had some really funny bits. n/t A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #16

Anti-metric backward countries Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #8

k/r Dawson Leery Oct 2013 #9

This explains a lot BlueStreak Oct 2013 #10

Yes, it does. It has been featured by numerous posts in GD over the last months. n/t A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #18

It isn't the Governor. Not the chief health official. Not the BlueStreak Oct 2013 #24

WOW, that's distracting! hootinholler Oct 2013 #11

Metric obxhead Oct 2013 #13

You got that right! A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #19

We tried. Blanks Oct 2013 #42

I visited England several times in the 90's.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #44

Thanks! JDPriestly Oct 2013 #14

Fascinatin', just fascinatin'! Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #15

Absolutely fascinating. silverweb Oct 2013 #17

WOW Laf.La.Dem. Oct 2013 #20

fascinating. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #21

I've gone on record as saying I don't care for tattoos, but this is pretty cool: Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #22

I'd like to see him pointing out countries ErikJ Oct 2013 #23

If he ever goes to Russia, it's gonna hurt. morningfog Oct 2013 #32

If it's countries visited, did he forget Alaska is part of the US? oregonjen Oct 2013 #38

K&R I enjoyed that, thanks. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #25

Glad you liked it. n/t A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #27

Well, there went my evening. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #28

There needs to be a discussion about lowing our population to 1950s levels ffr Oct 2013 #29

There are plenty of resources to go around. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #31

Well then, my suggestion about reducing the population would ffr Oct 2013 #33

Don't sweat it. Nature has a way of doing that exact thing. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #34

Now take into account all non-human life in addition to people The2ndWheel Oct 2013 #37

Well, not so clear dreamnightwind Oct 2013 #39

I did the math on that probably 3 years ago.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #40

Sure, I have the opposite view however dreamnightwind Oct 2013 #41

Fascinating and illuminating indepat Oct 2013 #30

Fascinating maps. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #35

Glad you liked it. n/t A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #36

K & R SalviaBlue Oct 2013 #43

I especially like the map of Europe with the Chinese name translation arikara Oct 2013 #45

Interesting. Thanks for posting. K & R. n/t FSogol Oct 2013 #46