Elephant Populations Mapped Across Asia and Africa
A 2023 map by cartographer Wanmei Liang highlights the habitats of every elephant species and subspecies in Asia and Africa.
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“Japan and Russia Will Divide China” (1940 Propaganda Map)
Howard Burke’s unusual propaganda map from 1940 depicted a split China ruled by the Soviet Union and Japan. History changed course decades later, completely reversing the balance of power.
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Contactless Card Limits in Every Country
The global financial technology sector persists in expanding at a tremendous rate, with $43.6 billion of investment into the payments space alone in the first half of 2022, according to KPMG. Contactless technology has been a significant contributing element to the sector’s development. Market data from Juniper Research shows that 53% of global card transactions will be completed without the traditional chip and PIN method in the next 5 years.
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Every Country’s Favorite Children’s Toy, from Dolls to Video Games in 2022
Passed are the times of writing Christmas lists by hand. With the internet enabled on apparently every gadget, kids only require taking to Google to track down the exact URL of their wished toy in time for Santa’s visit — and let’s be honest, they are likely better at it than adults.
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The situation in the Far East 1902 vs. 2022
Early in 1902, the Chinese government began to enumerate the Empire’s population for taxation purposes. The population of the eighteen provinces of China proper was 407,734,330. Even back then, China was the most populous country. The British Empire had almost a similar population.
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The Most Visited Website in Every Country Mapped
The world wide web has connected people and cultures from almost every part of our planet. It’s provided instant access to any information from every nation and the tools to translate content from one language to another. But while it has introduced novel forms and ideas worldwide, the web has failed to homogenize its international users thoroughly.
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The Most Popular Consumer Brands in the World and the United States
The top 10 world’s most searched consumer brands are as follows. Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is searched 335,400,000 times a month and is a top searched brand in 42 nations. But the real winners are, in a way, Netflix and IKEA. Sure, with 140.2 million and 55.3 million searches, respectively, they are behind Jeff Bezos’ brainchild, but Netflix is the most searched brand in a whopping 92 countries, while IKEA dominates 14 of them.
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How was the border between Europe and Asia defined?
The border between Europe and Asia is exceptional among continental boundaries because there is no significant physical distinction between the two continents except rivers and mountains east and north of the Black Sea. This boundary has been altered many times throughout history.
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The Type of Business Every Country Wants to Start
Clothing-related businesses are the most popular in 22 nations, just ahead of real estate in 19 countries. 16% of nations in Europe look to capitalize on the hot housing market, as the top business to start is real estate. In 47% of countries in North America, the most popular query related to starting a business is about the retail and e-commerce space.
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World Map Depicting Traditional Tile Designs From Every Country
The world of tiling dates back to as early as the 4th century BC. From that point, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Ottomans, Victorians, Chinese, and the Dutch all had an artistic ideology around art, and all similarly took influence from previous styles and designs.
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