<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Crazy Borders &amp; Maps — World of Curious</title><description>Enclaves, exclaves, straight lines through houses and borders that only a committee could invent.</description><link>https://worldofcurious.com/</link><language>en-au</language><atom:link href="https://worldofcurious.com/crazy-borders-and-maps/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Eight Borders That Make No Sense, and the Reason Each One Exists</title><link>https://worldofcurious.com/article/borders-that-make-no-sense/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://worldofcurious.com/article/borders-that-make-no-sense/</guid><description>Enclaves inside enclaves, a border through a library, and a line drawn with a ruler. Eight border oddities, each with a straightforward historical explanation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Crazy Borders &amp; Maps</category><category>borders</category><category>geography</category><category>maps</category><category>history</category><author>Editorial Team</author></item></channel></rss>