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Countries That Have Won Fewer Olympic Medals Than East Germany

Last Updated: February 10, 2026 2 Comments

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Countries That Have Won Fewer Olympic Medals Than East Germany

The map above shows all the countries in the world that have won fewer Olympic medals than East Germany, who last competed at a games in 1988. In total, they won 519 medals across 5 Summer and 6 Winter Game appearances.

At just 16.4 million people at the time of reunification, East Germany has still won more medals than India (pop 1.47 Billion) in less than a third as many appearances.

In fact, only 14 countries have won more and are listed below along with a breakdown between summer and winter Olympic performances.

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Filed Under: World Maps

Is Everything Really Bigger In Texas?

Last Updated: February 9, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Is Everything Really Bigger In Texas?

The old saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, but is it true?

Geographically, Texas is only the world’s 26th largest subdivision, which means there are 25 subdivisions which are bigger.

In fact it isn’t even in the biggest in the United States (that honour of course goes to Alaska).

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Filed Under: World Maps

Africa’s Presence In International Sport

Last Updated: February 9, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Africa's Presence In International Sport

The map above shows which African countries have participated in which international sporting tournaments.

Here is a list by sport:

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Filed Under: Africa

How Often Is You Country Mentioned In The Epstein Files?

Last Updated: February 5, 2026 Leave a Comment

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How Often Is You Country Mentioned In The Epstein Files?

Credit Extreme-Shopping74

The map above shows the number of times each country’s name appears in the Epstein files. I had an idea to do a similar map, but then I saw that reddit user Extreme-Shopping74 had beat me to.

Here are a few key things from the map:

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Filed Under: World Maps, Canada, United States

Non-Inflation Adjusted House Prices In 2000 vs 2026 in The United States

Last Updated: February 11, 2026 1 Comment

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Non-Inflation Adjusted House Prices In 2000 vs 2026 in The United States

The map above compares non-inflation adjusted house prices by state in 2000 vs House prices in December 2025 according to Zillow’s All Home Index.

In 2000, not a single state had average home prices above $200k, the closest was Massachusetts at $192,616.

However, by 2026 only 2 states had average home prices below $200k: Mississippi and West Virginia.

Here’s the data below, including raw numbers, inflation adjusted numbers and 2026 numbers:

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Filed Under: United States

Map Men Complete Video Playlist Sorted From Least To Most Popular (Including Episode Summaries)

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 Leave a Comment

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I’m a huge fan of Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones Map Men series.

You can watch their videos in chronological release order here on Youtube.

And buy a copy of their book:  This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) here.

But which of their videos is the most popular?

Below we rank them from  least to least popular (based on view count) with a brief summary of each video:

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Filed Under: Other

Why Does No One Talk About The Bermuda Triangle Anymore?

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 Leave a Comment

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Why Does No One Talk About The Bermuda Triangle Anymore?

 

The Short answer is because it stopped being mysterious once people realized there was nothing unusually dangerous about it.

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Map of Proposed Two-Speed Europe: E6 vs The Rest: But What Is It?

Last Updated: January 29, 2026 2 Comments

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Map of Proposed Two-Speed Europe: E6 vs The Rest: But What Is It?

Here’s an overview of the proposed “two-speed Europe” plan and the emerging E6 group, based on Reuters and related reporting.

What is the “Two-Speed Europe” Proposal?

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Filed Under: Europe

What Time Do Europeans Typically Wake Up? [With Data]

Last Updated: January 23, 2026 1 Comment

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What Time Do Europeans Typically Wake Up?

Map crated by geodatarankings
The map above supposedly shows what time Europeans wake up each morning.

I have 3 young kids so can only dream of sleeping in to 7:33am.

With a little digging I found that the times come 2015 study on 941,300 male and female Sleep Cycle app users.

Among other things it found that:

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Filed Under: Europe

How Many Letters Does Each European Language’s Alphabet Have?

Last Updated: January 22, 2026 3 Comments

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How Many Letters Does Each Alphabet Have?

Map created by Ligue Maps
The map above shows how many letters each country (or really each language) has in it’s alphabet.

In any case here’s a ranking of countries by the number letters in their alphabet from lowest to highest:

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Filed Under: Europe

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