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Map Of The Number Of Official Languages Per Country

Surprised?

More about the map: moverdb.com/official-langua...

Fyodor Dostoevsky's manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov.

#jeangrey secondo Nen Chang #xmen #art #comics

How Much Of The Alps Each Country Controls

Anyone else surprised Austria & Italy have more than France or Switzerland?

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/how-much-...

The Border Between Belgium & The Netherlands at Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau

More about about why: brilliantmaps.com/baarle-he...

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Map Showing Egypt’s Insane Population Density Along The Nile

More about it: brilliantmaps.com/egypt-pop...

#arttrober2025 23. Jean Grey
#arttrober #xmen #marvel #jeangrey #pheonixforce #chibi

Here's one thing that you have to admit:

It is never NOT interesting how comics art has evolved from the style of the likes of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko to something that is much more lifelike.

#JeanGrey #Marvel #ComicsSky

Holland vs The Netherlands: What’s The Difference?


More: brilliantmaps.com/netherlan...

Here is an interesting questions:

Given the small sizes of BOTH Luxembourg AND Andorra (and their histories with their larger and more powerful neighbors), how likely is it that there are more people of Luxembourgish and Andorran descent in the U.S. than they are people in either country? 🇱🇺🇦🇩🇺🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇧🇪🇳🇱

What The Bishop Chess Piece Is Called In Europe & What It Means

Jester, Elephant, runner, or bishop, which do you think is the best name?

More about the differences: brilliantmaps.com/bishop-ch...

Map of the Caucasus in 211AD.

Notice the Kingdom of Iberia and Caucasian Albania neither of which are where you’d expect them to be.

Full map: brilliantmaps.com/roman-emp...

@nattheawknerd.bsky.social

What are some things about this graph that surprise you?

US States With A Smaller Population Than Los Angeles County

Although the county went 64.8% for Harris vs 32.2% for Trump; Trump still got more votes in the county than in Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota combined.

See the reason why: brilliantmaps.com/states-sm...

Had fun filming a short video about the fabulous Parker.stanford.edu with @blalbritton.bsky.social today. We have a super NEH project (Global Currents) on the automated retrieval of features of manuscript layout using Parker data.

YouTube video by The Italian Reach “Why No Italian Americans Come from Rome or Milan”

In case you wanted to learn something interesting, here is a YouTube channel #TheItalianReach explaining why Italian immigration to the United States largely came from villages from Southern Italy and not big cities such as Rome or Milan:

1. youtu.be/6tXtRBIapjY?...

2. youtu.be/f9ndkrCkUgs?...

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The Name “John” in Different European Languages

Surprised?

There's actually even more versions: brilliantmaps.com/john-europe/

Simplified History of The 4 Countries Of The British & Irish Isles

More about all of them: brilliantmaps.com/4-countri...

Nationality Of Nikola Tesla According To Each Country’s Wikipedia Page

brilliantmaps.com/nationali...

Number Of Times Each State Has Been Admitted Into The United States

More on why Georgia had to be re-admitted twice: brilliantmaps.com/times-adm...

Cela me rappelle :

Au cas où vous voudriez apprendre quelque chose d’intéressant, voici une vidéo de Maapify sur les fans de baseball canadiens (en particulier de la région de Vancouver en Colombie-Britannique) qui aiment jouer à T-Mobile Park à Seattle.

youtu.be/h_xaOZbR15g?...

This reminds me:

In case you wanted to learn something interesting, here is a video from Maapify on Canadian baseball fans (especially from the Vancouver area in BC) like to pack T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

youtube.com/shorts/h_xaO...

In addition, here is Maapify:

www.youtube.com/@Maapify/fea...

Golden Gate Bridge dressed in fog
#stunday #blueskyartshow #goldengatebridge

Most Common Surnames in Italy By Region

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/surnames-...

Hey, there is a method to the madness...

#SpiderMan and the #FantasticFour:

The two series that helped put Marvel on the map.

YouTube video by The Italian Reach Why Mexico Didn’t Get Millions of Italians

Today, I recently watched this video on how Italian immigration to Mexico, while not nonexistent, was fairly small when compared to trends in the U.S., Brazil and Argentina. 🇮🇹🇲🇽🇺🇸🇧🇷🇦🇷

What are your thoughts?

youtu.be/HinpcdYWW_Y?...

Here is something to consider regarding #SpiderMan's #RoguesGallery:

Second only to Batman's, it is one of the most iconic rogues galleries in American comics.

Most superheroes would be likely if their arch-enemy would be recognizable to the general public.