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Do you like reading maps and infographics? Personally I like reading them and have always learned a lot while reading the thick atlas. I’m particularly into the interesting maps that show more than just the geographic locations. Yes, you can in fact learn many mind-blowing facts from the maps listed below! Understand more about the world and fun facts around the globe now:

WORLD-WIDE

1. Where street view is available on Google Map

2. The longest straight-line you can sail in the world

3. The distribution of 9 different types of outlet and plug

4. Flag map

5. Driving orientation by country

(Red – right side, Blue – left side)

6. 12/24 hour time format used around the world

(Blue – 12, Yellow – 24, Purple – mixed, Grey – not defined)

7. McDonald’s around the world

(Red – countries with McDonald’s, Blue – countries without McDonald’s)

8. Map of when McDonald’s first arrived the country

9. Coffee consumption worldwide

The darker the color, the higher the consumption of coffee.

10. The only countries Britain did not invade

11. Map of countries that do not use the metric system

12. Religions of the world

13. Map of world poverty by country

*percentage of population living on less than $2 per day

14. Drought risk around the world

The lighter the color the lower the risk.

15. In 1992, approximately 29,000 rubber ducks fell off from a cargo ship in Pacific Ocean. This is the route they flowed.

16. Riskiest areas to ship where the pirates rule the seas

17. Average age at first sex

(Red and Orange – Age 15-18, Yellow – Age 19, Green – Age 20-23)

UNITED STATES

18. Racial segregation in New York

(Blue – White, Green – Black, Red – Asian, Orange – Hispanic)

19. The most popular actress from each state

20. The most popular actor from each state

21. Maximum speed limits In different states

22. The highest paid public employees by state

23. Map of the 7,000 rivers that lead to the Mississippi

24. Map of the most iconic fast food chain in each state

25. Size and distance comparison between Alaska and the contiguous USA

26. Obesity rate in different state

27. US state unemployment rate by April 2013

28. Most common religions by state

29. U.S. zip code distribution

AUSTRALIA & EUROPE

30. A comparison of Australia and U.S.

31. Where 2% of Australia’s population lives

32. Kissing norms in France

33. What the UK calls the playground chasing-game

34. The shortest route through all European capital cities

35. Number of teams in the European football leagues

36. Map of most common surnames in Europe

37. Map of European countries coat of arms

38. Map of recycling rates across Europe

EXTRA

39. The route of a pizza delivery driver on an ordinary day

40. Map of where Disney movies’ set

41. Map of the bed from a cat’s perspective

And finally…..

42. World map tattoo with the visited countries colored

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This was rumored for weeks before the former White House IP czar (technically “Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator”) even had announced that she was stepping down from her job, but now it’s been confirmed: just weeks after leaving the White…  

A conservative candidate for Maine town selectman received a visit from the Secret Service after he posted a photo of President Barack Obama on Facebook that was labelled “Shoot the ni**er.” According to the Bangor Daily News, David Marsters of Sabattus, ME has taken the post down, but...

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens (R) boasted to a crowd of Republicans that his office is creating bureaucratic hurdles to slow down and derail the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Jay Bookman...

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On this date in 1974, the Ramones made their debut at CBGB. Like many bands before (and after) them, the Ramones' appearance at this famed rock venue helped catapult them into stardom. Here, a few more vintage clips of CBGB shows.

A newly released document is the first time the U.S. government has acknowledged the site where top-secret planes were developed.

In a move swiftly criticized as a concession to gun advocates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) issued a veto Friday night against two gun safety measures, including a ban on .50-caliber long-range rifles, a measure he initially supported. The Washington Post reported that Christie announced the...

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Cassini takes inter-planetary portrait. What happens next? Los Angeles Times So you've waved at Saturn and had your picture taken by Cassini from nearly 900 million miles away. Now what? At the time of the long-distance photo shoot, Earth and Cassini were about 898,500 million miles apart, which means it will take 1 hour, ... NASA Wants Diamond Bar and Walnut Residents to Strike a Pose TodayPatch.com Photos taken of Earth from Saturn spacecraftksl.com Cassini spacecraft set to capture "pale blue dot" of EarthCBS News Examiner.com -CNN -Jet Propulsion Laboratory all 115 news articles »

By Gabriel Stargardter SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico could legalize marijuana within the next five years, stripping brutal drug cartels of a major source of income, former President Vicente Fox said on Friday. Fox, who battled the powerful cartels while president between 2000 and...

Leave it to the literate and persistently perverse musician/lyricist/screenwriter Nick Cave to totally upend the basic idea of a Hollywood sequel. (This is the man who, for instance, incarnated his fascination with violent folk songs by tossing out all subtlety on the album Murder Ballads, which among other tunes contains an almost shockingly profane revamp of the song ‘Stagger Lee.’)

You may or may not have heard that Russell Crowe once called up Cave to hire him as a screenwriter for Gladiator 2. Cave had written only one other script at the time, Ghosts… Of the Civil Dead; he’s since written The Proposition and Lawless, among other unproduced scripts. ”Hey Russell, didn’t you die in Gladiator?” asked Cave. Crowe’s response: “Yeah, you sort that out.”

The basic news of Cave writing a Gladiator sequel script surfaced years back, and in fact the script itself has done the internet rounds. (It’s embedded below, and after reading the leadup to it, you’ll want to give it a spin.) Cave recently appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast, and talked at length about that project. That’s the source of the quotes above, and just wait ’till you hear how he sorted things out. Hint: Cave’s solution involved a blend of Roman and Christian religions for a story he wanted to call Christ Killer. Yeah, wonder why that didn’t get made?

The Playlist grabbed some quotes from the podcast, in which Cave explained that the story saw Crowe’s character Maximus resurrected as an immortal being. Says Cave, “[he] goes to purgatory and is sent down by the gods, who are dying in heaven because there’s this one god, there’s this Christ character, down on Earth who is gaining popularity. And so the many gods are dying, and they send Gladiator back to kill Christ and all his followers.”

Thinking about this as the sequel to a studio’s Best Picture winner…. head explode.

Follow that with this info: ”the main guy was [Maximus'] son, so he has to kill his son and he was tricked by the gods. He becomes this eternal warrior and it ends with this 20 minute war scene which follows all the wars in history, right up to Vietnam and all that sort of stuff. And… it was wild.” The last scene of the script, after Maximus was reincarnated over and over again as a force of war, is set in the present day, meeting with suits at the Pentagon. “Stone cold masterpiece” deadpans Cave, describing it all.

There are conflicting stories about who killed the script as a blueprint for the sequel, which never happened at all. Cave says Crowe didn’t like it; Ridley Scott has said Crowe did like it, and it was other forces that buried it. Regardless, the film only exists on paper at this point.

The whole interview is a great listen, and the quotes start in the podcast at around the one hour mark. And here’s the script:

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Sokanu is an easy to use application that enables any user to quickly find a career by selecting and matching your qualities with a job that fits you.

Selecting a career is not only a series of benefits, projected salary numbers, and job responsibilities, but also is meant to fit you based on your own specific qualities.

Sokanu – Career Matchmaking

Sokanu brings much value by creating a criteria of jobs that have requisite qualities, and it matches the appropriate career based on percentages that will match your personality.

Matching your personable qualities with the appropriate career may be the most difficult task. More often than not, career is looked at as a lifestyle, so it is imperative to match the person’s traits with the lifestyle and career that is being asked, as opposed to the other way around.

Remember when resumes were one-page, black and white documents you handed to someone in person? Crafting A Perfect Modern Resume

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