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Where people don’t live in the US:\u00a0The nearly 5 million Census Blocks with zero population.<\/h2>\n

\"where-people-dont-live-in-the-US\"<\/a>Photo:\u00a0mapsbynik\/tumblr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A summary of the data direct from the source<\/a>: “A Block<\/a> is the smallest area unit used by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating statistics. As of the 2010 census, the United States consists of 11,078,300 Census Blocks. Of them, 4,871,270 blocks totaling 4.61 million square kilometers were reported to have no population living inside them. Despite having a population of more than 310 million people, 47 percent of the USA remains unoccupied.”<\/p>\n

Unpopulated areas typically consist of parks, grazing land, desert and other places that are challenging to live in.\u00a0A larger, interactive version of the map can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where people don’t live in Canada.<\/h2>\n

\"where<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Data from the 2011 Census. Map by\u00a0Michael Chung.<\/p>\n

How much snow it typically takes to cancel school in the\u00a0US (and the southern parts of Canada).<\/h2>\n

\"cool<\/a>Photo:\u00a0ispol<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Reddit user\u00a0Alexandr Trubetskoy (aka atrubetskoy) used\u00a0various points of data\u00a0to create this map,\u00a0which has been featured on\u00a0The Atlantic<\/a>,The Washington Post<\/a>, NPR<\/a> and Huffington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where countries import from the most.<\/h2>\n

\"cool<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Point Nemo, a\u00a0spot in the ocean that’s as far from land as you can get — surrounded by nearly 9 million square miles of water.<\/h2>\n

\"cool<\/a>Photo: Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Located in the South Pacific Ocean,\u00a0Point Nemo is 1,670 miles away from the closet piece of land:\u00a0Ducie Island of the\u00a0Pitcairn Islands.<\/p>\n

The most popular beers in the world by country.<\/h2>\n

\"most<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Most common language spoken in each\u00a0state other than English or Spanish.<\/h2>\n

\"Most<\/a>Photo: Slate<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Slate’s Ben Blatt created this map using\u00a0data from the Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey. Read all about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prefered camouflage by country.<\/h2>\n

\"Camouflages<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How it’s possible to\u00a0sail from Norway to Antarctica in a straight line without hitting land.<\/h2>\n

\"Norway<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Close ups and detailed navigational instructions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The most recurrent word on each country’s Wikipedia page.<\/h2>\n

\"reccurent<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Heat map of the world’s wealth.<\/h2>\n

\"world's<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Based on 2009 data from the WorldBank.\u00a0Each country is colored according to its average annual gross national income per capita.<\/p>\n

How long it took to travel in the US in 1800.<\/h2>\n

\"US<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

And you can compare that to travel times in\u00a01830, 1867 and 1930 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

US Google autocomplete results: “Why is [state] so…”<\/h2>\n

\"google<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Canada Google autocomplete results: “[Province\/Territory\/City] is…”<\/h2>\n

\"google<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The majority of the above maps were compiled from\u00a0Reddit’s always entertaining\u00a0MapPorn<\/a> forum.<\/p>\n

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Including instructions on how to sail from Norway to Antarctica in a straight line without hitting land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":118130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[10332],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nLose yourself in the 14 coolest 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