United States congressional districts redrawn by a computer to eliminate gerrymandering
The term gerrymander was used for the initial time in the Boston Gazette. The word was invented to redraw Massachusetts state senate election districts under Governor Elbridge Gerry. In 1812, Elbridge Gerry signed a law that redistricted Massachusetts to help his Democratic-Republican Party. When mapped, one of the twisted communities in the Boston area resembled the form of a mythological salamander.
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Jewish population in European cities in 1939 Jewish population in European cities in 2015
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One day in the life of the Citi Bike Share System Via toddwschneider.com
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Irish speakers in Ireland
Irish is widely known, but daily use is much rarer. These maps show where the language is spoken and how often.
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This map shows NYPD Crime Data for the Seven Major Felonies. The data have “Compstat Dates” from January 2015 thru
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The Gulag Archipelago (The Soviet forced labor camp system)
The Gulag camp system united 53 camp administrations with thousands of camp departments, 425 сorrective labor colonies, and more than 2,000 special commandants’ offices. In total, the Gulag included over 30,000 places of detention. On January 1, 1939, almost 1.99 million prisoners were held in the camps, colonies, and prisons of the Gulag, and by 1950 the number of prisoners had increased to 2.5 million people.
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Basque is the last remaining pre-lndo-European language in Western Europe. Despite many attempts, no relationship with any other language has
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