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Soda Maps

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  • on May 11, 2006 at 8:17 am

You know how in some parts of the country they use “Coke� as one might use “Kleenex� or “Xerox?� Coke merely implies any sort of sweetened and carbonated beverage. For the times when you’re traveling this map (Via The Optimates) can help you to blend in.

Perhaps more pertinent are these maps (Via Futurismic), in which the maps are warped in accordance to various statistics, like largest vegetable importer. You know who imports a lot of vegetables? Germany. Now you know.

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