Spectacularly cool infographic from The Economist on the real size of Africa (via Ezra Klein): 
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartography

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The Daily Show 06 12 13 Technology with Lewis Black

Source: "The True Size of Africa An Erroneous Map Misled Us For 500 Years"

ANNA NETREBKO, RECOPILATORIO 6

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The Most Astounding Fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Paraguay Landfill Harmonic Documentary Features Recycled Orchestra

Some Interesting Graphics on the Economy

These are taken from the Illinois Lawyer Bankruptcy Blog....Beyond Bankrupcy:

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Source: The Economist

The Digital Divide Persists

Source: National Geographic

science Journalism in the age of denial

Science journalists expressing their concerns about the mistrust that people have towards science.

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Kal's Cartoon from The Economist

2011 Horn of Africa famine

Renee Fleming sings Amazing Grace at WTC

Pictorial representation of trafficking estimates/guesses/fantasies

The capital of one of the richest nations in the world is beset by an HIV epidemic that rivals those seen in some developing countries

Source: Regina McEnery, IAVI Report, Vol. 14 (6), Nov.-Dec. 2010

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The capital of one of the richest countries in the world has an HIV prevalence rate comparable to those in developing countries (Health Affairs 28, 1677, 2009). In 2007, an estimated 3% of the District of Columbia’s adult population was infected with HIV, a higher HIV prevalence rate than Rwanda, Angola, and Ethiopia, and just slightly lower than Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Other estimates suggest the HIV prevalence in Washington, D.C. may be even higher. A George Washington University (GWU) study based on data collected from December 2006 to October 2007 for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS)—a community-based study funded by the CDC and the District of Columbia Department of Health—estimates that the HIV prevalence rate in the district among a particular subset of heterosexuals at high risk for HIV infection is as high as 5.2% (AIDS 23, 1277, 2009). The study’s authors said this was “the first estimate of HIV and risk behaviors among urban, low income, and African Americans in the nation’s capital.” The HIV prevalence among women in this study was 6.3%, similar to the prevalence among women in Tanzania (7.0%) and Uganda (7.1%).

We could do a lot of good if we didn't spend so much on war!

I quote from The Cost of War Calculator via Zunia:

The Cost of a Single B-2 Stealth Bomber Is $1,000,000,000. This could provide 'Any One' of the following resources:

• 2,564,102,564 Meals For Starving People.
• 1,150,510 Clean Water Wells.
• 31,446,541 Adult Cataract Operations. Restoring sight to the blind.
• 53,504,548 Children supplied with school books for a whole year.
• 1,000,000 Landmines removed from the ground.
• 89,126,560 Water Filters. Poor families in places like Cambodia, have no choice but to drink water full of bacteria and parasites. Water filters saves lives by screening out small but deadly bugs.
• 100,000,000,000 Chlorine Tablets to make water safe to drink.