If You Go Down To The Net Today

I also found an article showing and describing some really interesting graphs. Did you know Florence Nightingale was really good at graphs! Screw the lamp, get me Powerpoint.

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OK so maybe this is a bit specialist, but I love the graphic showing the mortality rate for the Grande Armee during the 1812 French invasion of Russia. Spoiler Warning: this is a significant part of the plot of War and Peace, but the graph doesn’t convey all the nuances of the book, so I’d still recommend reading it anyway. (If you've got forever to spare).

I also found this list of cool music videos from 2007, of which this was my favourite:

Much of this came from Kottke

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