Misc. Geography/History

What is the coastline paradox?

Explaining the Decolonization of the world

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, there have been many hate crimes committed against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (the AAPI community). But this isn't new. The history of discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is as old as the United States itself. Today, I will be explaining the history of discrimination against the AAPI community.

Borders. They separate one nation, country, territory, or region from another. But do you think these can exist in the ocean? Find out in this blog post!

What is free association?

According to the United Nations, there are 193 countries in the world. However, the Countries of the World says that there are 196 countries. Other sites say things from 194 to 205. Today, I will be explaining how many countries there are in the world.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists recently showed the world that we are 100 seconds to midnight. Midnight means doomsday. Midnight means the end of the human race.

Maps. They come in all sorts of sizes and shapes. But there is no perfect map. The earth is a spheroid. That means that it is almost a perfect sphere, but not quite. There are mountains and valleys, plateaus and hills. That means that there is no way to perfectly project a 3D spheroid onto a 2D map. That's where Map Projections come in. Cartographers have come up with many different ways to map the world. Toeay, I will be showing some of them.

In this blog, I will be explaining the geography, history, and politics of Taiwan.

Today, the Fourth Thursday of November, is the 400th Thanksgiving, here in the United States. But in Canada, Thanksgiving is the Second Monday of October. Last year, I talked about some fun facts about Thanksgiving. This year, I will go more in depth about the history of Thanksgiving in multiple countries.

The Titanic was a gigantic ship that was once the largest in the world. With a capacity of 2,000 passengers and crew, it took more than three years to build. But after all that building, it only took three hours for it to hit an iceberg and sink. That said, there may have been more factors in the Titanic's demise. In this article, I will be exploring the building, voyage, and sinking of the Titanic.