{"id":3494,"date":"2013-10-22T11:55:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2013-10-22T11:55:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T15:55:29","slug":"curiosities-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2013\/10\/22\/curiosities-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosities Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been marauding gangs of ‘curiosities maps’ on the Core’s Facebook page – here are some highlights:<\/p>\n

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Paid maternal leave around the world.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The supercontinent of Pangaea with modern day borders.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Economic Center of Gravity Since 1 AD<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth (Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia \u2013 20000 miles)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Map of Europe showing literal Chinese translations for country names<\/p><\/div>\n

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Countries that do not use the metric system<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where Google street view is available.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Check out more on Twisted Sifter<\/a> and Slightlywarped<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interested in mapping the unmappable? Read our recent post ‘The Histomap Of Evolution<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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