Star Wars Fonts
4 Feb 2016Here’s a font geek post exploring the typography of Star Wars through the years.
The Fallen of World War II
4 Feb 2016I don’t think most people realize how many Russians died during WWII and how that defined the rest of the 20th century. The below videographic tells the entire WWII story in detail.
How You are Going to Die
4 Feb 2016A beautiful interactive chart of causes of death according to age. (via Washingtonpost)
The Evolution of Cell Phones
In: Culture Internet/tech
4 Feb 2016How tech and culture evolve together.
Language Families
17 Feb 2015A beautiful language tree by sssscomic.com.
Most Expensive US City to Live in
In: Housing
17 Feb 2015DC is number 1!!!!! WOOHOOO!!!
Overlapping Photos of World Leaders
17 Feb 2015I’m not sure what value these have. Tere must me tons of layering and resizing assumptions behind the result. Mostly they are just creepy.
USA presidents from 1789 to 1889: 
1960-2008:
Soviet Union 1917-1991: 
Washington Wizards Shooting Viz
17 Feb 2015Some beautiful visualizations of where each player shoots from, and is more successful (this is last year’s season, though)
Anatomy of Songs
In: Humor
17 Feb 2015Depressingly true. I watched the grammy’s recently and it was a long slow reminder of why I hate popular music of almost any genre.
Distant Relations
17 Feb 2015I always get confused by this shit. I grew up with my dads cousins kids and can never remember how to reference their relationship.
Flowingdata also has a version:
Interactive 2015 State of the Union Address
In: Interactive Politics
17 Feb 2015Pretty wonky, but it’s a nice breakdown of content analysis.
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