From countries and rivers to lakes and U.S. states, you’ll be surprised how many places share eerily similar shapes. Cyprus and the U.S., Austria and Armenia, Cuba and Chile, Japan and New Zealand, ...

Some countries are long and thin, others compact and nearly symmetrical. Some follow natural curves, while others have borders drawn with a ruler. But these shapes are not random — they reflect ...

Most of Africa's borders today were drawn up in Berlin in the late 19th century – and the consequences are drastic. Arbitrary boundaries were drawn on maps to separate European colonies in Africa.