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Paper boats in the rain
Courtesy of snappiness (via imgur).
Distribution of birthdays
In other words, some birthdays are more probable than others!
Sideways (map of the world edition)
Via reddit, this Chinese map depicts the best sea routes between China and the ports of New York City and Rotterdam.
Creative marketing
Via reddit: “The flags of five countries are ‘hidden’ in the flag of Norway. Norwegian Airlines used this to good effect and came up with this clever print ad to promote their low airfares.” If the Super Bowl had print ads, … Continue reading
Our all-time favorite Cub
“Let’s play two.”
Economies of scale …
Did you know that only twelve voice actors have played over 100 cartoon characters on The Simpsons? (In the future, we wouldn’t mind seeing a graph plotting the amount of words or air time allocated to each character.)
Random book dispenser
What would Borges say? Props to JiveMonkey for the pic.
Happy Singles’ Day!
Today (11.11) is Singles’ Day (光棍节), an anti-Valentine’s Day holiday celebrated in China in honor of all bachelors and bachelorettes. Moreover, according to this report by Hayley Peterson, China’s Singles’ Day is also the world’s biggest online shopping day of the year! In the … Continue reading
College football map (circa 1938)
Click on the map above for a better look. Hat tip to Tarene for finding this beautiful map.
prior probability 