this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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I was looking through old boxes from my childhood and found my grandfather's old globe. I recall each of us using it to look at different countries and learn where they all are. When I opened up the box now, more than a decade after his passing, I decided I wanted to know more about it.

The label says that it is a Cram Imperial Globe, and I looked up how to date the globe based on which countries are in existence on it. I determined that this globe must have been made between May 1990 and October 1990 because it has a unified Yemen on it, but still has East and West Germany on it.

It's in pretty decent shape for its age I think. There are spots where I think grandpa had to tape the equator back on it haha

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[–] klu9@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

Cool!

But looks to me like it has 2 Yemens:

[–] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I looked up how to date the globe based on which countries are in existence on it.

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1688/

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 6 points 13 hours ago

Flow chart checks out, (# of Yemens + # of Germanies) = three

[–] neonchaos@piefed.social 10 points 16 hours ago

That's pretty awesome! My grandfather had a globe I used a few times that had the USSR and Palestine on it.