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"Octopus Maps" Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is UnintendedPrint shows a map of Europe with two octopuses superimposed, tentacles outstretched, over territories annexed, invaded, subjugated, etc. by Prussia.

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"Octopus Maps" Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is UnintendedPrint shows a map of Europe with two octopuses superimposed, tentacles outstretched, over territories annexed, invaded, subjugated, etc. by Prussia.
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"Octopus Maps" Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is Unintended

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Why Is North "Up" On Maps?Gold Magnetic old compass on blue world map background

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Why Is North "Up" On Maps?Gold Magnetic old compass on blue world map background
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Why Is North "Up" On Maps?

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Why Was California Depicted As An Island For Centuries?California depicted as an island on a 1650 map.

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Why Was California Depicted As An Island For Centuries?California depicted as an island on a 1650 map.
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Why Was California Depicted As An Island For Centuries?

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The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Artlines etched into a cave floor, believed to represent a map (left); blocks of moss-covered sandstone outside La Ségognole 3 (right)

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The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Artlines etched into a cave floor, believed to represent a map (left); blocks of moss-covered sandstone outside La Ségognole 3 (right)
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The World’s Oldest 3D Map May Accompany Sexually Suggestive Cave Art

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Stunning New Map Shows Landscape Of Supernatural Stories And Folklore From Polish-German HistoryA trimmed image of the map showing the coast of Pomerania and Mecklenburg region with a compass rose in the middle of the sea. The map is designed in the renaissance style and has innumerous coloured dots indicating specific stories.

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Stunning New Map Shows Landscape Of Supernatural Stories And Folklore From Polish-German HistoryA trimmed image of the map showing the coast of Pomerania and Mecklenburg region with a compass rose in the middle of the sea. The map is designed in the renaissance style and has innumerous coloured dots indicating specific stories.
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Stunning New Map Shows Landscape Of Supernatural Stories And Folklore From Polish-German History

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People Are Asking Why Planes Don't Fly In "Straight Lines" To Their DestinationsPassenger civil airplane jet flying at flight level high in the sky above the clouds and blue sky. View directly in front

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People Are Asking Why Planes Don't Fly In "Straight Lines" To Their DestinationsPassenger civil airplane jet flying at flight level high in the sky above the clouds and blue sky. View directly in front
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People Are Asking Why Planes Don't Fly In "Straight Lines" To Their Destinations

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How Benjamin Franklin Charted The Gulf StreamBenjamin Franklin

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How Benjamin Franklin Charted The Gulf StreamBenjamin Franklin
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How Benjamin Franklin Charted The Gulf Stream

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People Are Confused How You Can Sail From The USA To India In A Straight LineA map showing a path between USA and India.

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People Are Confused How You Can Sail From The USA To India In A Straight LineA map showing a path between USA and India.
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People Are Confused How You Can Sail From The USA To India In A Straight Line

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Null Island: The Unreal Location That Inhabits The World's Digital MapsThe NOAA weather-monitoring buoy called "Station 13010 - Soul" found at Null Island in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Null Island: The Unreal Location That Inhabits The World's Digital MapsThe NOAA weather-monitoring buoy called "Station 13010 - Soul" found at Null Island in the Gulf of Guinea.
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Null Island: The Unreal Location That Inhabits The World's Digital Maps

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This Is The Most Accurate Flat Map Of EarthA flat map of Earth.

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This Is The Most Accurate Flat Map Of EarthA flat map of Earth.
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This Is The Most Accurate Flat Map Of Earth

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Incredible Maps Reveal Just How Many Untracked “Dark Vessels” Are In Our Oceansdark map of section of the ocean around British Isles and Northern Europe showing oil platforms in yellow, wind vessels in light blue, fishing vessels in purple and non-fishing vessels in white

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Incredible Maps Reveal Just How Many Untracked “Dark Vessels” Are In Our Oceansdark map of section of the ocean around British Isles and Northern Europe showing oil platforms in yellow, wind vessels in light blue, fishing vessels in purple and non-fishing vessels in white
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Incredible Maps Reveal Just How Many Untracked “Dark Vessels” Are In Our Oceans

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Could This Ancient Carved Disk Be The Oldest Ever Map Of The Stars?left panel is illustration of stone disk with markings representing stars circled and numbered; right panel is image of night sky with stars labelled and markings from the stone superimposed

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Could This Ancient Carved Disk Be The Oldest Ever Map Of The Stars?left panel is illustration of stone disk with markings representing stars circled and numbered; right panel is image of night sky with stars labelled and markings from the stone superimposed
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Could This Ancient Carved Disk Be The Oldest Ever Map Of The Stars?

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Wave Patterns, Stars, And Birdsong: Humans Have Used Environmental Wayfinders For Thousands Of Yearsthe yukon at night

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Wave Patterns, Stars, And Birdsong: Humans Have Used Environmental Wayfinders For Thousands Of Yearsthe yukon at night
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Wave Patterns, Stars, And Birdsong: Humans Have Used Environmental Wayfinders For Thousands Of Years

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The Most Eastern Point In The USA Is Not Where You Think It IsSemisopochnoi Island.

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The Most Eastern Point In The USA Is Not Where You Think It IsSemisopochnoi Island.
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The Most Eastern Point In The USA Is Not Where You Think It Is

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From The Right Angle, Earth Looks Like A Water WorldGoogle Earth shot of Earth from space, with very little land.

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From The Right Angle, Earth Looks Like A Water WorldGoogle Earth shot of Earth from space, with very little land.
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From The Right Angle, Earth Looks Like A Water World

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