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I was lucky enough to be born in a time where I’ve never had to use physical maps to get places. And while I do find paper maps to be charming, I have to admit that I’m glad I can rely on Google and a robotic voice with questionable pronunciation to tell me where I need to go while driving. But if you’re not behind the wheel, maps can be so much more than simply tools for navigation.

We took a trip to The World in Maps Instagram account and gathered some of their most informative and fascinating posts below. As you scroll through this list, we hope you’ll learn something new about our planet, as well as your own country. And remember to upvote all of your favorite images!

#1 Interesting Fact

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#2 What A Shame For Hungary

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#3 A World Map Showing Only The Countries That Have Gained Independence From The UK

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#4 Denmark?!

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#7 With A Stunning Victory, Spain Extends The Streak To 6 Consecutive Southern Euro Cup Winners!

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#8 This Map Showing The Most Valuable Italian Brands Starkly Highlights The Divide Between Italy’s North And South

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#9 Which Countries Actually Speak English The Best As A Second Language?

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#11 All Were Once Part Of The Same Ancient Mountain Range, The Central Pangean Mountains

This range formed over 300 million years ago during the Paleozoic Era when the supercontinent Pangaea was assembled. These mountains are now separated by vast distances due to the drifting of tectonic plates over millions of years.

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#12 California Explained

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#13 Dutch Women Are The Tallest Women In, Not Only Europe, But In The Whole World!

They are followed by Montenegrin and Danish women

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#14 Map Shows The Percentage Of Population Able To Hold A Conversation In English In Each European Country

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#15 Millions Of Years Ago, Africa And South America Were Like Two Pieces Of A Giant Puzzle, Joined Together In A Supercontinent Called Pangaea

Over time, tectonic forces slowly pulled them apart, creating the Atlantic Ocean and shaping the continents we know today.

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#16 “Awesome Meme Dude” Map Through Western Europe

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#18 Civilization vs. Barbarism

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#19 Map Shows What % Of South American Countries’ Population Resides In The Capital

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#20 The Amount Of Sugar In Your Fanta Varies Widely Across Europe

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#21 What If Canada And Mexico Split The United States Between Them?

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#22 The “”blue Banana”” Is A Term Used To Describe Europe’s Most Densely Populated And Industrialized Belt

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#23 A Powerful And Prolonged Heatwave Is Affecting Eastern Europe And The Balkans

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#25 So Accurate

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#27 A Female Falcon Was Equipped With A Satellite Tracking System In South Africa Before Migrating To Finland

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#29 United States Of America Partition Plan: Splitting America Into Two Nations, Based On Election Results Maps From The Past 12 Years, And Along County Lines

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#30 Personal Income Tax Rate In Europe

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#31 87% Of The World Lives In The Northern Hemisphere, And Only 13% Of The World Lives In The Southern Hemisphere

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#33 50 Most Valuable Companies On The Continent. Visual By The European Correspondent

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#34 The Columbian Exchange

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#35 Map Shows All Known Battles In Human History

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#36 Several Countries Around The World Have No Rivers

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#38 The Land Between Iceland And Ireland

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#39 In Case You Were Wondering Why More Firms Are Setting Up Camp In Poland After Leaving Germany

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#40 35 Years After The Fall Of The Wall, Divide Between West And East Berlin Can Still Be Seen From Space Due To Different Lightbulbs Used On Each Side

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#43 Percentage Of Indigenous In The Americas By Country/Region

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#44 Fun Fact: The Nile River Valley And Vietnam Have A Very Similar Shape

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#45 What’s Your Favorite One?

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#46 Did You Know That Turkey Borders 8 Countries With 7 Different Alphabets? This Map Shows How Turkey Is A Bridge Between Different Cultures And Civilizations

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#47 Irish Diaspora | Countries With The Highest Population

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#48 What’s The Nearest Country To Your Position In The Us?

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#49 Iranian Diaspora ; Countries With The Highest Population

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#50 Areas That Have Had Muslim Rulers Any Time In History

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#52 Most Common Immigrant In Germany

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#53 Map Shows Which Countries Use Which Alphabet In Europe

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#54 Propaganda Poster, “Portugal Is Not A Small Country,” Showing The Size Of Portugal And The Portuguese Colonial Possessions Compared To The U.S. (1951)

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#55 We Really Love These Size Comparisons. This Map Compares Pakistan With The East Coast Of USA

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#56 Europe Split Into 4 Regions

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#57 A Person Made By European Countries ✨

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#58 Gran Colombia (1819-1830), A Short-Lived Republic Established By Simu00f3n Bolu00edvar In 1819

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#59 Map Shows The Areas The Ambitions Terrorist Organization Isis (Islamic State Of Iraq And Syria) Aspired To Control By 2020

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#60 This Map Divides Europe Into Regions Of Equal Gdp – With The Exception Of Germany, Which Remains Largely Unchanged.

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#61 Tiny Bangladesh Has More Population Than Russia

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#62 Subway Line Comparision: Rio De Janeiro ?? vs. Shanghai ??

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#63 Kiribati Is The Only Country In The World To Straddle All Four Hemispheres

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#64 This Map Overlays Europe (Minus Russia) On Australia

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#66 Us/Canada Time Zones If They Were Not Adjusted For Political Boundaries

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#67 How The Next Three Solar Eclipses Will Be Seen From Spain

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#68 America, Still Undefeated

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#69 Map Shows The Top 4 Longest National Borders: America ?? – Canada ?? Russia ?? – Kazakhstan ?? Chile ?? – Argentina ?? China ?? – Mongolia ??

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#70 Map Above Shows Just How Successful Chengdu, China Has Been At Growing Their Metro System

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#71 Which Countries Pollute The Most Ocean Plastic Waste?

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#72 California: 2020 vs. 2024

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#73 A Lovely Overview Of The Approximate Limits Of The World Known To The Romans, Around 150 Ad

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#74 Citizenship By Land vs. Blood

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#75 This Is A Really Cool Ottoman Map Of Australia From The Year 1803

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#76 The Netherlands Is The 30th Most Densely Populated Country Or Territory In The World And The Densest Country In Europe

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#77 The Island Of Java In Indonesia ?? Is More Populated Than Russia ??

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#78 The Lion, Once Widely Distributed Across Most Of Africa And Parts Of Europe And Asia, Is Now Confined To A Number Of Isolated Areas

Amounting to only about 20% of its historic range.nn#WorldLionDaynnvia wikipedia

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#79 ?? The Word For Italy In Various European Languages

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#80 Map Shows The Largest Foreign Community In Each Country Across The Americas

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#81 Until This Heatwave… Sweden ?? And Norway ?? Had Never Hit > 30 °c

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#82 How Different European Countries Pronounce The X In Mexico

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#83 Map Shows The Roots Of The Death March Into The Syrian Desert. Approximately 1.5 Million Armenians Were Systematically Deported, Massacred, Or Marched To Their Deaths By The Ottoman Empire

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

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#84 The Roman Empire Was A Multicultural, Multiracial And Multi-Linguistic Success

A bewilderingly diverse number of peoples, from primitive Britons to sophisticated Greeks and Egyptians, accepted a uniform and well-understood set of Roman values and belief systems. There had never been an empire like it, and there has not been one since