Based on a Popular Mechanics review of every commercial jet crash in the United States since 1971, that had both fatalities and survivors.

In 11 of the 20 crashes, rear passengers clearly fared better. Only five accidents favored those sitting forward. Three were tossups, with no particular pattern of survival. In one case, seat positions could not be determined.

We covered a lot of this data back in June, but this is a nice presentation. The addition of the global data is useful, though trying to make comparisons by switching between the two isn’t easy – a static version would probably have worked better – so here are two screenshots to help you out.

Looks awesome. I wish I knew what it all meant.

Thanks to PY for the link!

Sure, the planets orbit the sun, but it’s all moving – so it’s really moving more like this:

(reddit discussion)

Not the best infographic, but I love napping. I love it so much.

Here’s a related oldie but goodie:

Thanks to LisaLisa for the link!

I don’t usually post these kinds of niche infographics, but the ones by Visual Capitalist are are pretty well done – both in terms of content and design. If you want a backgrounder on anything that comes out of the ground (copper, gold, lithium, gas, oil, diamonds, etc), check them out.

The New England Journal of medicine looked through 200 years of back issues to see if we’re making any progress in health. Overall mortality is down, but heart disease and cancer are the two causes we haven’t managed to stamp down much yet.

There’s a nice interactive chart of the top10 causes over time:

A static comparison:

We’ve all got it coming. What’s interesting is that your life expectancy changes as you get older.