Rdzx A disease that can literally scare people to death
Sometimes, simple explanations can be the most revealing. Take this map, for example, which depicts thousands of years of human history by representing each country with a single word. Turns out to be painfully accurate.     Cartographer Martin Elmer explains how he made the map: This map was produced by running all the various countries ; History of _____ Wikipedia article through a word cloud, then writing out t stanley cup he most common word to fit into the country   boundary. The result is thousands of years of human history oversimplified into 100-some words. The result  16 percent of countries are represented by the word war; 25 percent took the name of a colonial power; and barely any of the results reflect anyt vaso stanley hing other than rule or conquest. Sigh. You can view a high-res, zoomable version of the map here  stanley website or some of Martin   further insights here. [Maphugger via Flowing Data]                                                        Datahistorymappingmapswords Btmr Geneticists: Giant squid are  very weird
iPhone users in Brazil who also subscribe to a mag stanley thermobecher azine called Capricho recently got an extra bonus in one issue. But it wasn ;t a promo code for a free iTunes track or anything like that. No, it was a specia stanley cup l printed cover that turned the rolled up magazine into a passive amplifying speaker for their phone. The clever stunt was, not surprisingly, an advertisement for Coca-Cola鈥攕pecifically a special promotion that was running in South America. But if you study the video carefully and are han stanley bottles dy with a hobby knife, there   no reason you couldn ;t also turn a copy of Sports Illustrated or National Geographic into a similar speaker dock that isn ;t shilling sugar water. [Vimeo via Apartment Therapy]                                                        AdvertisingCoca-ColacokeSpeakers

Rdzx A disease that can literally scare people to death
Sometimes, simple explanations can be the most revealing. Take this map, for example, which depicts thousands of years of human history by representing each country with a single word. Turns out to be painfully accurate.     Cartographer Martin Elmer explains how he made the map: This map was produced by running all the various countries ; History of _____ Wikipedia article through a word cloud, then writing out t stanley cup he most common word to fit into the country   boundary. The result is thousands of years of human history oversimplified into 100-some words. The result  16 percent of countries are represented by the word war; 25 percent took the name of a colonial power; and barely any of the results reflect anyt vaso stanley hing other than rule or conquest. Sigh. You can view a high-res, zoomable version of the map here  stanley website or some of Martin   further insights here. [Maphugger via Flowing Data]                                                        Datahistorymappingmapswords Btmr Geneticists: Giant squid are  very weird
iPhone users in Brazil who also subscribe to a mag stanley thermobecher azine called Capricho recently got an extra bonus in one issue. But it wasn ;t a promo code for a free iTunes track or anything like that. No, it was a specia stanley cup l printed cover that turned the rolled up magazine into a passive amplifying speaker for their phone. The clever stunt was, not surprisingly, an advertisement for Coca-Cola鈥攕pecifically a special promotion that was running in South America. But if you study the video carefully and are han stanley bottles dy with a hobby knife, there   no reason you couldn ;t also turn a copy of Sports Illustrated or National Geographic into a similar speaker dock that isn ;t shilling sugar water. [Vimeo via Apartment Therapy]                                                        AdvertisingCoca-ColacokeSpeakers