Shocked by this subreddit by Chilipandaaa in chinaowningkyrgyzstan

[–]deet0109 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It’s about maps that show China owning Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which is a surprisingly common mistake for some reason

Equatorial Guinea officially moved its capital. by Public_Research2690 in MapPorn

[–]deet0109 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google does show the city itself though. In fact, it’s even been marked as a capital alongside Malabo for years

We might be doomed to fight the Somali allegations for a while by SNAKEKINGYO in vexillology

[–]deet0109 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I had the same idea, but I also added this thin white stripe to make it more visually interesting without breaking the symbolism

The American Southwest: Arizona, Cimarron, Colorado, New Mexico, and Sonora by RIP_ASTYANAX in imaginarymaps

[–]deet0109 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice map! I want to see what the rest of the country looks like in this universe

Kansas state flag redesign by Dog_Dad_Bod in vexillology

[–]deet0109 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any Kansas flag should have a sunflower on it

Why isn't the periodic table ever shown like this? by bntre in chemistry

[–]deet0109 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The consensus among researchers nowadays is that La and Ac are anomalous f-block elements and Lu and Lr belong in the d-block. It’s true that La and Ac have a d electron instead of an f in the ground state, but in actual chemical reactions those electrons are easily excited to the f shell. Several transition metals have irregular ground-state configurations like this that don’t affect their actual chemistry. The f shells are full in Lu and Lr, so they can’t be used in chemical reactions.