Cool map! I spent quite some time looking at the many details. Also interesting to see that the Chinese were so aware of world geography at the time, even if it was thanks to exchanges with Europeans.
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The decline and recovery of the European wolf population from 1800 to 2018 (no data for Russia and Belarus).
(rewildingeurope.com)
Map is a bit confusing since it has no data for Russia and Belarus, but there are wolves there. Here is another map with population numbers as well:
Also, pretty infographic about wolves from the same source:
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International recognition of Palestine, with today's latest additions of Ireland, Norway and Spain
(images2.imgbox.com)
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Foreign military bases in Djibouti (Google Translate English inside post if you can't figure out the Spanish)
(www.descifrandolaguerra.es)
English translation with Google translate:
Hopefully the Spanish did not bother you too much. I was too lazy to do a proper translation, and could not make a post with a map featuring the country "Theory" as the main image.
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Tidal range around the world of the principal lunar semi-diurnal constituent
(images2.imgbox.com)
More info about principal lunar semi-diurnal constituent. Basically it is the tide that the Moon causes twice everyday. The tide can be larger or smaller due to other factors, e.g. varying distance between Moon and Earth, or when the Sun creates spring or neap tide.
Cool! I had never heard about this theory for explaining color blindness.
You think so? My impression of the Netherlands is that the staple food is fries with mayonnaise, maybe with some broodje kroket in between. In general the diet consists of a lot of butter, white bread and sugar. To me it does not seemt surprising at all that they eat least vegetables in Europe.
It has often been noticed that differences along the historical borders exist in Poland. See for example this article.
Here's another article discussing the differences, and interestingly claims that the difference between the election result in former Prussian and Russian parts of Poland is likely due to other factors.
It's a subspecies of brown bear.
Thanks for pointing that out. You're right. I messed up with the title. What i intended to say was that the scale was relative. But the title is corrected now.
I like how the guy on the left just keeps smiling when he sees the taller ants and the tin of glue, knowing that in the end, his bread will guarantee him victory.
It's from Wikipedia. Admittedly, I didn't do much fact-checking and just trusted it. But of course you can always contribute by improving the map.