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thedailywhat:

• Above: Heatmap of the world’s most tourist-rich areas. (via.)

Just to keep in mind next time I’ll plan a trip

(via thedailywhat)

acymbalcrash:

“Portugal is not a small country” (ca 1935)

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Those who threaten socialist Korea are asking for the tiger’s claws.

shitmore:

From the Atlantic:

But there have been some oblivious palm-gazers, it turns out, since long before Steve Jobs came along. In London, during the Great Exhibition of 1851, the merchant George Shove designed a ladylike accessory that would allow its wearer to navigate, discreetly and easily, the fair’s Hyde Park environs. 

betonbabe:

COMPARISON OF STREETS IN BERLIN BEFORE THE WAR AND AFTER THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY AFTER THE WAR, 2nd HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY

Illustration of the Kowloon walled city.

Click to see the large size and then zoom; it’s really detailed.  I love how they included the people living in it on the map. 

fyeaheasterneurope:

Europe as seen by Russia. (Not intended to be taken very seriously, I think.)