https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Minard#The_map_of_Napoleon's_Russian_campaign Modern information scientists say the 1869 map of Napoleon's Russian campaign may be the best statistical graphic ever drawn
Not that any of those provide great food...but IMO the food gets much worse the higher up the list you go. A little surprised that Dairy Queen was at #10.
See that dot in SW Australia? That might be the "Great Emu War" of 1932. The emus won, btw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
I need to know about the one at the Northern tip of Madagascar and the one dead center in Alaska eta: it's hard to have a battle where there's nothing but vast emptyness
The dot near Juneau is the Battle of Sitka between Russians and native Alaskans. Not sure what the one in the center of Alaska is, but the other Alaska battle on here is the Battle of Attu (Japanese and US in WWII). It took place at the tail end of the Aleutians just off of Kamchatka and shows up on the other side of the map. It was the only battle where US and Japanese forces faced each other in winter conditions.
this is from an article in today's Wall Street Journal . . . this link should work for everyone: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/new-yor...9ppw81v3r7v&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
