Science Carl Sagan: How the circumference of the Earth was calculated using only sticks, eyes, feet, and brains Ruben Bolling

Japan Japan realizes it has double the number of islands than it previously thought David Pescovitz

language "Turkey" is now officially Türkiye within the US State Department David Pescovitz

geography Here are the "most sinful" cities in America David Pescovitz

History The Decolonial Atlas A.E. Gómez

geography This guy can look at any Google Map image for 0.1 seconds and immediately figure out where in the world it is Mark Frauenfelder

geography Welcome to Toad Suck. The weirdest town names in all 50 states Popkin

History The weird way we discovered longitude Devin Nealy

travel Bolivia is home to the world's largest natural mirror Devin Nealy

oceans There are now five oceans on Earth, proclaims National Geographic David Pescovitz

geography A Belgian farmer accidentally shrunk the country of France when he moved a stone blocking his tractor Carla Sinclair

geography This is the happiest country in the world David Pescovitz

geography Can you guess what city is the setting of a random street video? Miss Cellania

mistakes 5-minute documentary about nuclear-powered Soviet lighthouses Rob Beschizza

physics The Bouguer gravity anomaly means that gravity is not evenly distributed Thom Dunn

canada Town of Asbestos having difficulty landing on a new name David Pescovitz

Science Topography of U.S. states in ridgeline (Joy Division 'Unknown Pleasures') style Xeni Jardin

geography New Delhi's garbage mountain Rob Beschizza

geography What to call residents of each US state David Pescovitz

privacy Interactive map of public facial recognition systems in America Cory Doctorow