The Statue of Liberty faces Winter Storm “Nemo”
If you haven’t seen the news, much of the Northeast is in the midst of what could turn out to be an historic winter storm. Well over a foot of snow is estimated from Maine to New Jersey. Both...
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check out the insane noises made by this shifting ice shelf in Odessa, Ukraine
View ArticleGreat Moments in Geographic Illiteracy
Jon Gruden: There’s no way Green Bay should fly 6000 miles home after losing a game like this… Distance from Seattle to Green Bay: 1,647 miles Only about 3,400 miles off…
View ArticleGreat Moments in Geographic Illiteracy, Part 2
Chelsea Handler lobs a softball to Noel Fielding, co-star of the British TV show The Mighty Boosh.
View ArticleGreat Moments in Geography Illiteracy, Part 3
Nike recalls Carolina Panthers shirt incorrectly labeling South Carolina as North Carolina. (The Panthers play in Charlotte.) Full story.
View ArticleBorder Irregularities Between the United States and Canada
Awesome. Well done, CGP Grey! For more border anomalies, check out Part 1 of this two-part series.
View ArticleGreat Moments in Geographic Illiteracy, Part 4
We’ll take it easy on this one since it’s from a kid’s book… but I can’t stop laughing at how poorly the Great Lakes region is depicted on this map. Also, the fact that it looks like giant smirking...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Geographic Illiteracy, Part 5
MSNBC egregiously mislabels cities in Pennsylvania and New York. Full Story.
View ArticleGreat Moments in Geographic Illiteracy, Part 6
The following picture and caption was sent in by Brooklyn-based poet, Sarah Jean Alexander: I found this photo at Postmark Cafe in Park Slope [Brooklyn]. I thought it was funny how they seem to...
View ArticleThe Best Photos of Winter Storm Hercules
Last Thursday and Friday, a massive winter storm, dubbed by The Weather Channel as “Hercules,” brought impressive snowfall and frigid temperatures to much of the Northeast and Midwest. Although the...
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