Analysis
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This town's border is so tangled that houses change country room by room
Straddling Belgium and the Netherlands, the small town of Baarle forms what is arguably the most complex border configuration on the planet,
The world's largest artificial islands are visible from space
Off the coast of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, stand artificial archipelagos whose scale defies imagination: millions of tons of sand
The world's shortest international border is under 100 meters long
When you think of an international border, you generally picture long lines running across entire continents, separating countries over hundreds, even thousands
Kiribati redrew the international date line to see the sun first
Few people could point to Kiribati on a map, and that is entirely understandable: this island nation in the Pacific is home
Derinkuyu, the Underground Turkish City That Housed 20,000 People
The Cappadocia region owes its highly distinctive landscape to intense volcanic activity dating back several million years, which blanketed the terrain in
Sealand, the Former Military Platform Turned Micronation
Officially designated Roughs Tower at the time of its construction, this platform was part of a larger network of sea forts built
Point Nemo Is So Remote the ISS Is Sometimes Its Closest Neighbor
Somewhere in the deep waters of the South Pacific, there exists a spot so isolated that no human being has ever lived
The Word "Robot" Comes from a Czech Play, Not Science Fiction
The word robot is now part of everyday vocabulary, used to describe everything from an automatic vacuum cleaner to a Hollywood science-fiction
The Cassette Tape Was Meant to Replace a Dictaphone, Not Conquer Music
When people think of the audio cassette, the collective imagination immediately conjures up Walkmans, mixtapes, and shelves of vinyl records pushed aside.