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Tomas Pueyo

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Jul 18

Here are the most FASCINATING facts I could find about Mexico:

1. Mexico is so huge it’s hard to comprehend. You can fit 30 European countries in Mexico and still have room to spare

Here's another way to look at it: Mexico vs Greenland
(from @neilrkaye)

2. As big as it's now, it used to be MUCH bigger
In the 1846-48 war with the US, the US took 55% of Mexico’s land!

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Tomas Pueyo

@tomaspueyo

Jul 5

8% of Mexico hosts over 50% of its population
Why?
Understanding it also explains the Aztecs & their pyramids
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This map shows crisply this area of high population density. Why there?
(cc @researchremora)

And it's not a very flat area. It's some of the most mountainous land in all of Mexico!

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Tomas Pueyo

@tomaspueyo

Jun 30

Chile is so long, it's curved

How long is it?
Why not longer?
Why no other country is as long?
How does that make Chileans incomprehensible?

A thread about Chile and its humongous length
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Chile is as long as the US and Canada combined

Chile is as long as all of Europe!

It can stretch from Norway to Morocco
From London to Baghdad!

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Tomas Pueyo

@tomaspueyo

Jun 10

What makes Budapest unique?
It wasn't just 2 cities (Buda + Pest) but 3-4!
Why?
And why is it where it is?
Why did it become the capital of Hungary?
It's no coincidence, and it explains the history of the country

Look at this:
Thread 🧵

The Pannonian Basin, this huge plain surrounded by mountains, was going to have a capital. But where would it be?

It would probably be on the main artery: the Danube, which splits the plain in half
1. Navigable all the way to Germany—fantastic for trade
2. Drinking water, great for living
3. Water for irrigation ➡️ crops

But early on the Danube had another huge advantage:

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Tomas Pueyo

@tomaspueyo

Jun 6

Why is Hungary so small?
As this map shows, it could be bigger
It used to host one of the world’s most powerful empires—Austria-Hungary

Now it’s tinier & poorer. What happened?

Explaining it also explains Orbán, or why Hungarians hate their borders🧵

You see that big plain surrounded by mountains? That's a perfect region for a single country: well-connected, fertile plains, protected by an easily-defensible wall of mountains.

That is, indeed, where Hungary was for nearly 1000 years!

It's called the Pannonian Basin

All these mountains catch humidity that flows down as rivers, which criss-cross the country, bringing lots of irrigation

The biggest one is the Danube, so big & gentle that it's navigable, connecting it with Germany & creating trade and wealth along its controllable path

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Tomas Pueyo

@tomaspueyo

May 1

Two shocking events from last week unmasked eco-terrorists disguised as environmentalists:

1. The Philippines banned golden rice, condemning thousands of children to blindness and death
2. German Greens lied to closed nuclear plants

This is what happened and how to reverse it:

1. Golden Rice Ban
Golden Rice has added vitamin A over 100,000 children every year and turns blind over 100,000 more

Golden Rice has additional vitamin A, and eliminates that problem

But Greenpeace got a Filipino court to ban it. Why?
The court says "there's not enough evidence". But there is, proven by safety tests from countries like the US, Canada, and NZ. It is just like rice, except with more Vit A

So why do they say that?

reason.com/2024/04/25/gre…

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