Post

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
Click again on or Share Via icon
Click on Copy Link to Tweet
Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
More info at Twitter Help

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 25 • 26 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X

Scrolly

Thread of hilarious maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵

1. World map according to fish

2. When a band announces a world tour

3. Bosnians: I wanna swim
Croatia: No

4. A guy asked his European girlfriend to fill in a map of the USA. These are the results.

5. All Romes lead to Roads

6. What city comes to mind?

7. The World according to Americans

8. Basically every data map of Europe

9. Asia according to Japan

10. Zimbabwe and Namibia

11. North Korean 2019 election result

12. Twenty ways you can slice up Europe

13. How the rest of the World sees the USA

14. Thirty people were asked to draw a map of the world from memory. The results were combined.

15. Literally all statistics about Italy

16. Most oddly named town in each Us state

17. Comprehensive map of all countries that use the month-day-year date format

18. Being a bad neighbor: lesson 1

19. Every single statistic ever

20. Europe but if Europe colonized it

21. California explained

22. How many Switzerlands fit in Brazil

23. Map of Nice people

24. Meme lovers road trip

25. Chile vs Argentina

https://twitter.com/jameslucasit/status/1827754610682908689

Thanks for making it to the end! If you enjoyed this thread, please share the first post so others can have a laugh too, and follow me for more content: @JamesLucasIT

https://twitter.com/jameslucasit/status/1827754610682908689

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @JamesLucasIT

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 23

Thread of crazy painting details 🧵

1. It's all in the eyes

2. This is one of the most incredible details in art history.

Though just 5.5 centimeters wide, the mirror in Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait reflects the entire room, showing the couple from behind along with two additional figures, one of whom might be the artist himself.

3. This painting depicts the process of human aging as you walk by it.

Sergi Cadenas' work is defined by meticulous detail. He uses kinetic optics, applying vertical strips of paint paste to the canvas, then painting a different image on each side after it dries.

Read 31 tweets

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 21

A nostalgic summer thread 🧵

1. Days of la dolce vita by Claude Nori, ‘80s

2. A family going on the summer holiday in a Fiat 500 in Italy, 1967

3. Summertime in the ‘80s

Read 26 tweets

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 18

Thread on the beauty of Pareidolia, our brain's tendency to see familiar shapes in random patterns 🧵

1. Tavolara Island, the sleeping cat

2. Named "The Thinking Tree" by locals, this olive tree in Apulia, Italy, is said to be almost 2000 years old.

3. A dolphin-shaped island, known as "Gallo Lungo," located off the Amalfi Coast.

Rudolf Nureyev made it his retreat in the last years of his life.

Read 26 tweets

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 15

Thread of the most beautiful sports venues on Earth 🧵

1. Estadio BBVA, Mexico

2. Henningsvaer, Norway

3. Castelmezzano, Italy

Read 25 tweets

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 13

Thread of the most surreal villages on Earth 🧵

1. Marpissa in Paros, Greece

2. Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

Only accessible via a footbridge, this otherworldly village is often referred to as "the dying city" due to its precarious foundation.

3. Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece

This ethereal village, situated north of the island capital, Fira, has only 469 permanent inhabitants. Imerovigli is built on the rim of the Santorini caldera and is crossed by these iconic paved paths.

Read 31 tweets

James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

Aug 11

Thread of the most beautiful beaches on Earth

1. Zakynthos, Greece

2. Pink Beach, Komodo Island, Indonesia

3. Cala Mariolu, Sardinia, Italy

This slice of heaven has recently been recognized as the most beautiful beach in Europe and the second most beautiful beach in the world.