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Disco Infiva posted:Only Gondor and Alderaan, Equestria is from Harry Potter. I think you've got your nerddoms mixed up there...
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Mustang posted:There's known modern descendants of Rurik? Aren't known lineages that go back that far pretty rare? I know Japan's imperial family is really old and I guess the Capets live on as Bourbons. Absolutely. The Muscovite branch of the Rurkid line went extinct, but there were many, many others, and of course Rurikovich princesses married into basically every other house in Europe so if you don't just count legitimate male-line ones you can come up with many descendants of Rurik.
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Mustang posted:There's known modern descendants of Rurik? Aren't known lineages that go back that far pretty rare? I know Japan's imperial family is really old and I guess the Capets live on as Bourbons. Also the House of Este, whose first known member died in the 900s, has a surviving male line in the ex-Hanoverians and survives in other lines as basically every European royal house (the Welfs/Guelphs in particular got around).
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Speaking of genes, have some gene maps(?).  Finland used to be quite isolated. Kuusamo is located in sparsely populated NE Finland and has relatively large amount of genetical diseases (nothing Lovecraftian though). I've read that the researchers love Finland because people haven't mixed a lot and there's good records for several centuries.
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Holy gently caress that poo poo is awesome! Where did you find that? It's so endlessly fascinating. That's so really cool.
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3peat posted:I'm feeling trolled by this map.
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Kennel posted:Speaking of genes, have some gene maps(?). I don't really understand how this map works, the second one. Does it show how close people's genes are? i.e France is close to Italy and Switzerland?
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Kurtofan posted:I don't really understand how this map works, the second one. Does it show how close people's genes are? i.e France is close to Italy and Switzerland? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/09/whats-the-matter-with-finland/#more-6672
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Shbobdb posted:Holy gently caress that poo poo is awesome! Where did you find that? It's so endlessly fascinating. That's so really cool. First is from New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/science/13visual.html?_r=0 Also note that those are still very close and someone from Japan or Nigeria would be off the charts.
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Speaking of Finland, have an old map: 1662 
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Kennel posted:Speaking of genes, have some gene maps(?).
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Lycus posted:I wonder where the Basque would be on these graphs. They're actually fairly similar genetically.
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I know this isn't flag chat, but http://www.thisismarvelous.com/i/52--National-Flags-Made-From-Each-Countrys-Traditional-Foods
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I know we've had quite a few of those flight maps before, but this one's pretty great. Showing you where every plane is/was during the last 24 hours. http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2014/aviation-100-years
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sweek0 posted:I know we've had quite a few of those flight maps before, but this one's pretty great. Showing you where every plane is/was during the last 24 hours. Nice graphic. That's a map where one could legitimately complain about a Mercator projection.
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KernelSlanders posted:Nice graphic. That's a map where one could legitimately complain about a Mercator projection. Yeah apparently planes move a lot faster in the arctic than they do at the low latitudes.
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http://www.mapsnworld.com/germany/where-is-germany.html
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Real hurthling! posted:why does it say garmany? Who cares about spelling when you've got an exciting, never-before-seen projection that has the special ability to add rivers to Antarctica!
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"Austria has nearly half of its population covered with forests."
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That link certainly has some awkward phrasing. It clearly attempts to be idiomatic, but everything is slightly off. It's fascinating.quote:Every town and village of Belarus is occupied with lovely people, beautiful nature and definitely heart-warming landscape. Most people of Belarus living outside the capital city spend a very simple life. quote:After having bore the burnt of terrorist violence, Ireland is now experiencing peace and tourism is flourishing. quote:The birth land of Mother Teresa, it is still relatively ensconced from touristic expeditions and offers an elated stint to sightseers all over the world. quote:Denmark is an interesting country with its happy go lucky natives who are spending a content and quality life. Confirm/deny, Buttery Pastry? quote:Norway is the European country That's the entire submission. quote:Finland’s huge investment in education, training and research has stood the country in good stead by delivering educated and trained workforce in the world.
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The size of Alaska: The population of Alaska:  How the rest of that land is run: 
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Lord Hydronium posted:The size of Alaska: Sweet jesus. I just looked up the area on wiki, and indeed Alaska is bigger than the next 3 states combined (Texas, California, Montana). I did not realize the difference was so large.
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Count Roland posted:Sweet jesus. I just looked up the area on wiki, and indeed Alaska is bigger than the next 3 states combined (Texas, California, Montana). I did not realize the difference was so large. Well, in the oft-maligned Mercator Projection, Alaska is about half as big as the entire contiguous United States.
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Count Roland posted:Sweet jesus. I just looked up the area on wiki, and indeed Alaska is bigger than the next 3 states combined (Texas, California, Montana). I did not realize the difference was so large. Due to its size and noncontiguity, it's conventionally drawn at a different scale than the rest of the country on US maps, but yeah it's huge.
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PittTheElder posted:The only important thing in these maps is to ensure that Poland always remains in Eastern Europe. Even if we decide Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are all in some other group for some reason, Poland must always remain in the Eastern group (with Russia), because it makes annoying Polish hyper-nationalists just furious. Complaining about Polish nationalists in a thread that's been almost nothing but a series of self-obsessed Nordic / Benelux circlejerks for as long as I can remember is quite rich.
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Torrannor posted:Well, in the oft-maligned Mercator Projection, Alaska is about half as big as the entire contiguous United States. Yeah, I knew it was big, I just figured it was a trick of the projection. Nope! This is why I need a globe.
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Alaska is larger than the entire Mexican Cession.  It's the size of two Borneos, or 3 Spains, or 4 Zimbabwes, or 5 Madhya Pradeshes, or 10 Georgias (the US state).
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The best part of Seward's Folly is most of it is worthless.
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Peanut President posted:The best part of Seward's Folly is most of it is worthless. I think that depends on what your usage is.
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Peanut President posted:The best part of Seward's Folly is most of it is worthless. Climate change insurance.
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steinrokkan posted:Complaining about Polish nationalists in a thread that's been almost nothing but a series of self-obsessed Nordic / Benelux circlejerks for as long as I can remember is quite rich.  Really...
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Peanut President posted:The best part of Seward's Folly is most of it is worthless. That really depends on what you consider worth. Do you consider just the material wealth what gives territory value? Just having the territory itself can be of value. The ocean doesn't hold much value for humans, but being able to lay claim to it is very important for a lot of nations. Just look at the situation between China/Japan/Korea
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made of bees posted:Wasn't part of the reasoning just to not have the Russians so close to the parts we care about? At the time, no. It was something closer to "If we don't buy it, the British will."
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