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    #8882
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,994 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Smoke plumes from the Los Angeles wildfires at Palisades (left) and Eaton (upper right) as imaged by satellite, on Thursday Jan 9th.

    Screenshot_20250111_175438_Chrome.jpg
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    #8883
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,994 ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    High resolution satellite image of the block-by-block destruction of Los Angeles suburb Altadena from the huge Eaton wildfire, January 9th.

    FB_IMG_1736546875198.jpg


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    #8884
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,433 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    Religion in USA.

    USA-religon.jpg


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    #8885
    Rawr
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 5,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rawr


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123045217#Comment_123045217

    (Circles Dark-Blue and Green areas)

    Bits to avoid if I ever visit the States :P



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    #8886
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,486 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123045217#Comment_123045217

    Is southern Louisiana catholic because of its French legacy?



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    #8887
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,858 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123046540#Comment_123046540

    A bumper sticker I saw in Arizona:

    Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    For Tomorrow, You May Be In Utah

    Not your ornery onager



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    #8888
    minggatu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭minggatu


    Where People Live in Greenland: Towns & Settlements With More Than 100 Inhabitants

    where-people-live-greenland-2048x1448.jpeg



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    #8889
    minggatu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭minggatu


    Partition of Texas docd2gog6kce1.jpeg

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1hzlvhe/partition_of_texas/#lightbox



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    #8890
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,368 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123046995#Comment_123046995

    Mais oui.



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    #8891
    _Quilombero_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭_Quilombero_


    If place names are of interest to anyone there's a book called Wisdom Sits in Places about Native Americans passing knowledge through place names. highly recommended :)



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    #8892
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,714 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    17367274962032988579876165659778.jpg

    Map of Sikhs in India

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    #8893
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,840 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


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    2011 Census. Punjab is the centre of Sikhism.



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    #8894
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,486 ✭✭✭✭zell12


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    Home Price to income Ratio, the zillow home price index was divided by the household income in each county (ZHVI/HI). Some low population counties have no home price, they have no ratio value or it is equal to 0, these areas have the brightest green. Highest: Nantucket County, MA. Pitkin County, CO (Aspen). New York, NY. Teton County, WY (adj Yellowstone)

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    Median age is the age at which 50% pop is older & 50% younger. The U.S. median age is 39. Every year the country gets older by 0.2 years. The oldest state by population age is Maine with a median age of 45. Utah is the youngest state by age.

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    Map of how Americans heat their homes. Each colour represents the main heating source. Darker colours indicate counties with higher density. From the occupied housing units, 47% use gas for heating, 41% use electricity



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    #8895
    minggatu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭minggatu


    Worship attendance in Europe

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    #8896
    minggatu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭minggatu


    Soil quality in Europe

    GhJPa4gb0AALGgS.jpg

    https://x.com/mrshelby101/status/1878651331944316998/photo/1



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    #8897
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,486 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    We label Wales .. An Bhreatain Beag 😃

    It never occurred to me before!

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    #8898
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,792 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    In an Irish context I thought breathnanch referred to Wales specifically. Hence Breathnach being the gaelic for Walsh.



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    #8899
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,704 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Breathnach is Welsh alright (and Walsh is often pronounced "Welsh") - but an Bhreatain Bheag is Wales.

    An Bhreatain Mhór is Great Britain. (Which is English is "Great" to distinguish it from Little Britain, which is Brittany in France)



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    #8900
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,840 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123049927#Comment_123049927

    Shaikh is a branch of Islam. Not the same as Sikh.



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    #8901
    minggatu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭minggatu


    Average train speeds in Europe

    GhMSmWVXwAAiDkW.jpg

    https://x.com/amazingmap/status/1878865922204565979/photo/1



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    #8902
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,433 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    Interesting that Russia has a higher speed than Finland.



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    #8903
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,792 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123056091#Comment_123056091

    Brake failure, or trying to outrun a Ukranian drone?



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    #8904
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 46,334 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123055424#Comment_123055424

    Does that include urban and suburban trains?

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    #8905
    Rawr
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 5,614 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rawr


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123056091#Comment_123056091

    Can be due to terrain. Norway right beside there has an even lower average speed due to having to weave though mountain ranges. Finland is choc full of lakes and other obstacles to get around.



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    #8906
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,840 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123056382#Comment_123056382

    Another source says it is the average for the 5 busiest routes in each country. The 2019 date would put it before the Ukraine war.

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    #8907
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,835 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123056091#Comment_123056091

    The railway line from Petersburg to Moscow was straight apart from one area. Some blame Nicholas I being frustrated so at the arguing about the best route that he intervened.

    Legend has it that Emperor Nicholas I of Russia was such a vicious control freak that even the construction of the railroad had to be supervised by him. When planning the first major Russian railroad from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the Emperor himself drew the line on the map using a ruler.

    At some point, the pencil stumbled across the finger that he was holding the ruler with, and the pencil made a curve on the map. In fear of the emperor’s fury, the officials preserved the curve and laid the railroad tracks precisely along the line left by Nicholas.

    https://www.rbth.com/history/331012-russian-emperor-finger-railroad



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    #8908
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,840 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    A later variation on that story, as seen in post # 8834.

    "The Lithuania-Belarus border apparently reflects that Stalin left his pipe on the table and nobody had the courage to ask him to lift it."

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    #8909
    minggatu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭minggatu


    A Map Showing the Range of Red and Grey Squirrels in the UK and Ireland

    GhRCcKOWsAAZNoi.jpg

    https://x.com/amazingmap/status/1879199997956157945/photo/1



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    #8910
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,151 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Untitled Image

    ….has this been posted? lol



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    #8911
    Mullinabreena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 574 ✭✭✭Mullinabreena


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123059596#Comment_123059596

    I think grey squirrels are declining rapidly. I'm not sure if its due to inbreeding or pinemartins or both.



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