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A woman's age vs. the age of the men who look best to her vs the same chart for men. (classic #dataviz of @Okcupid data)

Now this is how you detect whether an election was stolen. Humans choose rounder numbers. by @TheEconomist

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Dude, bro, buddy, fella by Quartz @qz qz.com/316906/the-d...

The world's greatest novels, according to 15+ book polls, awards, prizes & lists. How many have you read? interactive bit.ly/IIB-Novels poster bit.ly/Novels-Poster

Beautiful exaggerated elevation art by @cstats1.

interesting - between 34-43% of Americans have not voted in the last 3 US elections via Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...

Can't stop looking at this 7 way venn Interactive version moebio.com/research/sev...

Every one of the 35 theories for what UFOs/UAPs actually are, mapped in one chart. The truth is in there. Somewhere. Maybe.

Apparently this is a poster which hangs on the wall of doctors surgeries in The Netherlands. Data is from 2007. Hopefully the numbers are better now? via www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/pe...

Every form of government rots into its corrupt twin, Greek historian Polybius argued in 160 BCE — Monarchy → Tyranny. Aristocracy → oligarchy. Democracy → Mob rule. How? Via despotism, corruption & populism. Does this cycle still hold up? (via instagram user @historycoolkids)

Quietly, steadily, one of the great equality stories of our time. % of women globally who can read and write has climbed from 61% in 1976 to 85% today. Huge strides for both sexes. Still not equal - but closer than ever. via @beautifulnews.bsky.social

Africa travel risk map www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations...)

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Statistically, which is the best Mario Kart Deluxe kart combo out of all 703,560 possible customisations? Now this is data science! (&TLDR Peach, Teddy Buggy, Roller Tires, Cloud Glider :) www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-m...

Now this is an information graphic! (by Peter Arkle peterarkle.com)

Most people apply sunscreen incorrectly. Here’s what the science says.

www.instagram.com/p/C8B_itOyon... by instagram user @theselfhug notwitter

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Compliment a friend today :) via the Raccoon Society theraccoonsociety.com/products/pep...

Peak age of Jazz Musicians

A different manifestation of the political compass (creator: unknown)

The latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC Congo could be the worst ever. source: New York Times

An analysis of 600 of Elon Musk’s pronouncements, predictions and promises found only 19% actually delivered. A further 17% were achieved late. 50% did not materialise at all. (13% still in the future). source: New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Very understandable trend #ukraine (source @TheEconomist)

Know your frenemy ♻️ Part of our larger plastistics #infographic informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

$$$Trillions - our interactive visualiser of these gargantuan amounts informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

How rich people avoid paying tax (Originally by Instgram user @newmoney.blog)

Just in time? The world’s oil reserves are running very low. Esp. fuel oil. source: New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/b...

Who's Suing Whom in AI? Notable lawsuits from over 100 filed against AI companies to date 🧠

Lovely chart of doggie body language by Lili Chin www.doggiedrawings.net

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It's probably time to post this useful, controversial prism again. The Media Bias Chart by adfontesmedia.com

World's Best Hangover Cures

Africa rainfall map (creator: unknown)

What’s actually worth doing to make a climate difference, according to data? informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

True? True

An unhealthy outlier... ourworldindata.org/grapher/life...

GDP per capita in the Middle East. For comparison, USA is $94K, UK $61K.

Aluminium is the most versatile material in the recycling bin ♻️⠀ via Beautiful News informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnew...

Which country is across the ocean?

Guess what % of plastics have been #recycled? No prizes :(

Kinda amazing how we can model this. The tectonic movement of the world's continents from 1,000 million years ago until today (by @nytimes) www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/s...

One 18 inch pizza has 'more pizza' than 2 x 12 inch pizzas! (via @fermatslibrary)

Uppers, downers, trips & tranqs 💊 All the world's major drugs, in one easy-to-swallow infographic

What year is it right now? (well, 3 years ago :) (creator unknown)

Half of Americans throw a rock first.