This from Twister Sifter. British students were asked to label a map of the US, and American students were asked to label a map of Europe; both with interesting results. Click here to see what they came up with.
I shudder to think what would happen if American students were asked to label a map of the US.
Here are blank maps – try it yourself:
This week we celebrate Thanksgiving. Thoughts turn to the pilgrims who traveled across the ocean seeking religious freedom in a new land, and learning how to plant fish along with their crops.
Subsequently, lots of people from many different have come to make the the U.S.A. their home. So, which nationality group is the most prevalent in the U.S. today? Here’s a map from a story in the Daily Mail that has the information all laid out, and there is more information on their site.
Did you know this? Were you surprised?
40 Maps that will help you make sense of the world.
I don’t know if this is really a tattoo or not, but it is interesting. Maps and charts have always fascinated me. I was our family’s navigator when we went on trips. I was the only one who was interested in reading a map. I remember a trip to Pittsburgh when my father refused to ask directions, but just blithely crossed every bridge he came to. (Have you ever been to Pittsburgh?) We never got home.
Here is a map of internet usage. If you click on the image, it animates. Do you see us – we’re that little twinkle right over there?
I thank HMS Defiant for the reference.
… and beautiful – This Wind Map, a lovely infographic of the wind wafting over the land, created by Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viegas.
Watch the wind movements in real time on their website; click here.
Firearms, fibers, any news or behaviors that make me say, "hmm, let me take another look at this."
I still miss my man, but my aim is getting better.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 
