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The relative cost of war – sad and astounding.
Monday, November 30th, 2009David McCandless (Information Is Beautiful .net) prepares interesting diagrams to present information and statistics in an accessible way. This one really brings home the cost of the Iraq war when a meaningless figure merely bamboozles the brain.
Incredible photo of 18,000 troops in formation
Saturday, May 9th, 2009It took 18,000 troops from Camp Dodge, DesMoines to stand in perfect formation to make this picture of a human Statue of Liberty.
The Thatcher Effect – strange, and a bit creepy!
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009The Thatcher effect, named after the notorious former premiere, whose photograph was first used to demonstrate the effect, refers to the odd way the human brain perceives an upside-down face. The best way to explain is to demonstrate. Have a look at this video, which is a wee bit creepy… embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Link: [...]
Population Overdrive!
Sunday, September 14th, 2008The world’s (human) population at the time of Christ was about 200 million. Now it is nearing 7 billion! Projections for future population show it is expected to be 9.2 billion by 2050, this represents an increase from 2007 equivalent to the whole population of the world in 1950! Source: Optimum Population Trust
Google story mistakenly prompts $1 billion price fall in United Airlines stock!!
Friday, September 12th, 2008Now this one is hard to believe! On Monday 8th Sept, 2008, automated programs were allowed to wipe more than $1 billion from a company’s value unchecked. When a website ran a story which merely referenced an old Google news article from 2002 about United Airlines financial problems, the hits to Google boosted the old [...]
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