There have been many times in history when areas have really just forgotten they were at war. This has led to some unusually long conflicts - including one that lasted over 2,000 years. You can click on the title to learn more!
Many cities have days when the Sun aligns perfectly with their streets, resulting in many beautiful spectacles. These events, from Manhattanhenge to Torontohenge, all rival Stonehenge when it comes to the best places to visit on the Summer and Winter Solstices. You can click the title to learn more!
Many world maps today are made using the Mercator Projection - an outdated form of map that wildly distorts the size of areas based on their proximity to the equator (the further, the larger). You can click the title to learn more!
Great minds think alike is how the saying goes. However, there must have been a lot of great minds when over 1,700 places were given the same name. You can click the title to learn more!
Image from New Zealand.com | Many observant people have spotted odd things on maps, ranging from made up cities to a mountain whose name is 85 letters. This article goes through some of the lesser known 'weird things you can find on maps.' You can click the title to learn more!
What is the smallest country in the world? It seems like a simple question, right? This article talks about the common misconception and then two different answers that could be given. You can click the title to learn more!
Anton Bakov, a Russian millionaire, has tried many times to create an 'alternative Russia,' one which would be under the rule of the Romanov Dynasty, a Russian political dynasty that ended in 1917. You can click the title to learn more!
We've been obsessed with creating abbreviations for countries' names for a long time. So when the World Wide Web was released, countries' 'codes' were used as a two letter indication of their nation. Some areas got lucky with their names, such as Montenegro's ".me" domain name. I looked through the most popular and famous examples of countries that seemingly got lucky with their domain names. You can click the title to learn more!
Some towns have declared independence, some have been invaded, a lot have elected non-human things as their leaders, and one was led by a cult. You can click the title to learn more!
A lot of times, people can get confused about geographic terms and often misnomer areas. This article goes over some examples, from Scandinavia to confused capitals. You can click the title to learn more!
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