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The French Colonized The Periodic Table Too
Chemistry Science
17 days ago 20.7K views 0 shares
The French Colonized The Periodic Table Too
The French really went all-in on the periodic table! While Poland got one element (Polonium), Germany claimed Germanium, and India got Indium, France couldn't resist claiming TWO elements—Francium AND Gallium—complete with little berets and smug emoji faces. Talk about chemical imperialism! Next time you're struggling to memorize the periodic table, just remember: some countries are more elementally greedy than others. The French weren't satisfied with just having baguettes and wine—they needed to colonize the periodic table too!

The Landlocked Life Crisis
Earth-science Oceanography
1 month ago 21.3K views 0 shares
The Landlocked Life Crisis
This map is basically geography's version of a binary existence—you either have coastline or you're dead inside. Purple countries are the geographical introverts of our planet, forever asking their neighbors "can I borrow your ocean?" Mongolia's just sitting there like "what's a beach day?" while Russia's flaunting its excessive maritime borders like it's compensating for something. The infinite meters of coastline for yellow countries is just math's way of saying "weird flex, but okay" to nations that can go surfing without a passport. Next time someone from a coastal country complains about anything, just point to Kazakhstan and whisper "at least you have tides."

Flag Algebra: When Math Meets Geography
Math
5 months ago 9.1K views 0 shares
Flag Algebra: When Math Meets Geography
Geography nerds unite! This is basically flag algebra at its finest. Someone turned national flags into mathematical equations and it's ridiculously satisfying! Denmark + Finland = Norway? Absolutely checks out! The pattern continues with Poland × Japan = Greenland and gets increasingly complex. My favorite is the USA - (Somalia × 49) = Liberia equation, which is basically saying "remove all those stars and you've got Liberia!" It's like vexillology (the study of flags) had a wild night with mathematics and this beautiful nonsense was born. Now I'm just sitting here trying to create my own flag equations... Lebanon is particularly clever with that perfect tree placement!