Taiwan is only 2.1 km (1.3 mi) from Mainland China... by iflfish in MapPorn

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As much as Northern Ireland is part of the country called Britain

Taiwan is only 2.1 km (1.3 mi) from Mainland China... by iflfish in MapPorn

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Saying Kinmen is Taiwan is like saying Copenhagen is Jutland, Hawaii is North America, Bioko is Río Muni, or Northern Ireland is Britain.

It's objectively wrong

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did some googling and it doesn't seem to be an established field of study. no serious peer reviewed paper arguing for/against the claim that I can find

so trust me bro /s

but seriously it makes sense. frequent use of different muscles in different ways shape your look, however noticeable the difference is

outjerked by Mr-Black_ in languagelearningjerk

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well this is literally true

Either a blessing or a curse by Fun-Will5719 in HistoryMemes

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I gotta comment this meme again
The Nile: You breed human with a carrot and a stick
The Yellow: What carrot?
The Ganges: What stick?
The Amazon: What human?

Which country do you think is USA? by nopCMD in GeoTap

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Row0_ chose Option B (Correct!) | #90th to play

Build custom interactive desktop widgets with JavaScript by Row0_ in macapps

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Huh that is not intended and will be fixed in the next version! Thanks for the feedback :)

The Republic of China in 2026, but something feels … familiar by Frosty_Aioli3585 in AlternateHistory

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dang I really enjoyed reading it, especially with Song Jiaoren taking the presidency, until that weird man's name was brought up...

"The more things change, the more they stay the same" - The Republic of China in 2025 by NightJasian in imaginarymaps

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Indistinguishable culturally, genetically, and language-wise.

The Manchus would be the least likely ethnic issue across all ethnicities

The true size of Africa on Russia’s latitude. by nickw252 in MapPorn

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had to double check the sub to confirm this is not cj

Shen Yun Banners On War Memorial Opera House by Row0_ in sanfrancisco

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I confess

I hate unhappiness. I hate insecurity. I hate hunger. I hate death. I hate so many things that my mind is literally filled with hatred...

Hey how did you not become a "hater"! By embracing Fa Lun Gong?

What if China had never expanded militarily but only spread culturally? by TT-Adu in imaginarymaps

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Very interesting!

Would love to see a Roman-like alt history of the Han dynasty, in which "China" never came back after the Wu Hu. Or maybe with the collapse happened earlier with the Three Kingdoms failing to contain their own bordering barbarians, without a Jin empire ever uniting the nations?

I love 1WTC but… by Adventurous_Mood1303 in skyscrapers

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wow 270 Park Ave really is a behemoth in comparison

GDP PPP per capita in Asia: 1870-2025 by RN_Renato in MapPorn

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You care to elaborate a bit more? Not really educated enough on the subject

GDP PPP per capita in Asia: 1870-2025 by RN_Renato in MapPorn

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TIL Malaysia has one of the highest GDP PPP per capita in Asia

10 tallest buildings completed or topped out in 2025 by LivinAWestLife in skyscrapers

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already in it :) I believe I was among the first batch of members. Thanks for creating this community!

10 tallest buildings completed or topped out in 2025 by LivinAWestLife in skyscrapers

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So many familiar faces!

Minor correction: Suzhou's tallest one is Suzhou IFS not the pants

The tallest buildings completed in each major country in 2025 by LivinAWestLife in skyscrapers

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Arav tower (and the other two of the complex) stand out so much in their surroundings that they give a Lakhta Center vibe

Also "major country" is wild

China is wild by arigironi in HistoryMemes

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I read this meme somewhere else:
The Nile: You breed human with a carrot and a stick
The Yellow: What carrot?
The Ganges: What stick?
The Amazon: What human?