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ygi448
axl :
why would u pick this map😭
2026-02-26 19:55:03
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curtisstreetbutcher
T-DØG :
it took me too long to realize that the map was white
2026-02-26 20:14:43
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wikipedia
Wikipedia :
Fun fact, the English word "jaggery", a coarse brown sugar made from date palm sap or sugarcane juice, has a similar etymological origin!
2026-02-26 20:51:22
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jdzmjdzm
jdzmjdzm :
this map has to be another social experiment
2026-02-26 20:35:23
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bigcashdontcrai
aoshi the engineer (suhaib) :
took me way too long to figure out the land is white
2026-02-26 23:22:34
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burneyg
Gburnett8 :
It took me two watches to realise the land was white on the map and THE SEA IS GREY. Why would you do that???
2026-02-27 07:13:51
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lunedotorg
lune :
what wrong with the map???? i can’t see it
2026-02-26 22:18:19
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sojunesseveryday
astral :
Never found smthn wrong with the map until someone pointed it out
2026-02-26 21:33:13
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lycan992
Lycan :
Btw Sugar Cane originated in Papua New Guinea… then Austronesian sailors brought it to Southeast Asia and then India.
2026-02-26 23:44:27
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skift
Felix :
Wait so sugar and crocodile comes from the same word?😭😭😭
2026-02-26 19:45:10
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jeffrylapoint
JeffryLaPoint :
Hang on ima have to run this back bc how did we get to crocodiles
2026-02-26 19:46:53
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alberto_cringe_
alberto_cringe_ :
half this video trying to figure out what island chain this was
2026-03-01 23:21:20
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bartek3p0
Bartek3p0 :
having land brighter than water on a map should be illegal
2026-02-27 23:21:39
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christians7282
chriS :
It's so beautiful that wanderwort seems to be a wanderwort.
2026-02-26 21:10:31
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.steelteabag
Steel :
i had a stroke looking at this map because i thought the grey parts were land and white parts were water
2026-02-27 02:03:51
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prodhermosa
h :
did you genuinely think it was a smart choice to choose this map
2026-02-28 09:19:52
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hisa0_0mmy
sam :
I thought I was the only one confused with the map😭
2026-02-27 15:26:06
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overlorddemz
demz :
so "rock candy" is more accurate than we thought
2026-02-27 01:16:15
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m4cavell1
Erin :
negative space map what the hell
2026-02-26 23:07:55
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danthomasuk
Dan Thomas :
I’m struggling to see the link between korkeh and sarkara
2026-02-26 22:39:43
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fantatea44
FantaTea :
sarkara is brown sugar. Bengalis call white sugar chinni because it came from china
2026-02-27 00:04:41
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isthislily22
Lily (Taylor’s Version) :
Never been this early, kinda nervous
2026-02-26 19:41:36
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finnsoswwwt
finnsoswwwt :
tuff stuff dude
2026-02-26 19:41:52
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atavus_finch
Atavus Finch :
2026-03-10 06:20:16
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mute_npc
MuteNPC :
I love etymology sm I'm about to cry
2026-02-27 13:34:43
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