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Strange Maps: As we’ve all learned in school, 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, only 30% is solid ground. What if everything was reversed? What if every land mass was a body of water, and vice versa?”

Breathing Earth, Real time displays of carbon dioxide emission levels and birth and death rates for every country in the world.

Foreign Politics: “The world’s weakest states aren’t just a danger to themselves. They can threaten the progress and stability of countries half a world away. In the third annual Failed States Index, FOREIGN POLICY and The Fund for Peace rank the countries where the risk of failure is running high.”

Salma Abdelnour in Food & Wine: “Thanks to jet-setting chefs, the world’s most ambitious restaurants are blending local cuisines with cosmopolitan influences from around the globe. Is it a promising trend or the end of culinary diversity?” (via)

Strangemaps: “If this world map vaguely looks like it’s highlighting a remnant of the British Empire, that’s no coincidence. This map shows which side of the road traffic drives on.”