The Para-Rigger

The Problem With Our Maps

https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/problem-our-maps

I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence. 

Vladimir Putin

The Impossible Mathematics Of The Real World

http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/the-impossible-mathematics-of-the-real-world

Where The Wind Comes Sweepin' Down The Plain...

https://boingboing.net/2017/06/03/dozens-of-prairie-storms-unfol.html

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. 

William Cowper

When Big Ben Strikes 13

http://www.mscroggs.co.uk/blog/44

4 dimensional toys

The Dos and Don'ts of Whale Vacuuming

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blue-whale-cleaning-museum-natural-history-new-york

Salvaging the USS Oklahoma

http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/Salvage%20of%20USS%20Oklahoma.pdf

The story behind "Final Salute"

https://thechive.com/2016/10/26/pulitzer-prize-winning-photo-husbands-final-request/

Places in the U.S. where nobody lives

http://mapsbynik.com/maps/census0pop/

And here's a map of how much of Australia is residential:

Getting The Lead Out - The Most Important Scientist You Might Not Have Heard Of

http://mentalfloss.com/article/94569/clair-patterson-scientist-who-determined-age-earth-and-then-saved-it