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If the Revolution came when you were in the Office...
From the (Demented? Depraved? Diabolical? Definitely brilliant) mind of Jörg Sprave comes the definitive guide to Weaponizing your Office . (Click image below to embiggen. A lot.)
The History of Conflicts through Google Maps
From conflicthistory.com comes this Visualization Gem - a Google Mapped timeline of (AFAICT) every conflict in human history. Ok, it may not have this one time when I got in a fight in 2nd grade, but boy howdy, is it every comprehensive - pretty much everything from 3000BC through 2005. As an added bonus, you can click on the marker and pop over to the associated wikipedia entry. The image below is just that, an image (albeit a humongous one). Click here to go to the actual site and have your mind blown..
Where stuff is Banned in London - Visualization
From BannedInLondon , we have this (not so) little piece of awesomeness - a visualization of every area where stuff is banned. To quote You are in danger of unwittingly committing an offence if you stray into one of 435 special zones in London. The boundaries of these zones are often unmarked and within them many everyday activities are either banned or restricted. A new Manifesto Club online Google map, Banned in London , reveals the 435 special zones that now cover half the area of the UK capital. In these areas, people can be fined or prosecuted for activities that would not otherwise be an offence - including leafleting, protesting, dog walking, gathering in groups, and drinking in public. Go to the actual interactive map , the below is just an image...
NBC vs NASA
NBC does 5K miles in 9 hours - NASA does 154 *million* miles in 14 minutes. That is all...