The sweet tooth kids The tiny boy The red girl There are numerous versions of this folk tale, with the most renowned adaptations credited to …
Stories
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Cultural mapping
Γρεεκ το με
“That’s Greek to me” or “It’s all Greek to me” is an idiom used when you can not understand something. The origin might be in …
Bookworms
Bookworm is an umbrella term, more popular than scientific, for the holes caused by larvae of various types of insects. This includes a huge variety of …
The Emoji Atlas
Europes
Names Alliances The European Union is the biggest political and economic union on the continent, currently with 27 member states, 24 languages, and 3 different …
Cartoons
The names of international cartoon characters usually are maintained in the original language, but sometimes they are translated into the local language. In general, the …
National tools
Even technical words are subject to cultural differences across languages. Adaptable wrench or spanner is a good example of national ideas and the origin of …
Drink a toast
It might sound too obvious that when we raise our glasses and we toast, we do to it for our health. Here is a map …
Censure
A collection of maps about topics which are not for all audiences.
Puppets
Kermit From the mind of Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppet Show, Sesame Street, and Fragel Rock, emerged a collection of puppets who now …