As you might’ve noticed, I LOVE charts. But even if you’re only lukewarm on charts, I promise, you are going to love these:
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First, someone needs to send this chart to Leo to help him see his dating life is getting more than a tad awkward:
He really is the real-life version of Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dazed and Confused.
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If Leo wants to settle down he can afford the wedding, even if this chart shows the average wedding in the US has gotten pretty pricey:
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This chart tells us which countries have more males or females — and YIKES straight men in Qatar better learn some good pickup lines or buy a new shirt or something as only 24.85% of the population is female:
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Here’s just how much — shakes — caffeine is in your favorite — jitters — energy drinks:
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College costs more than ever these days…here are some majors you might want to reconsider:
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OK, I did NOT know this — India has wildly different drinking age rules, ranging from as young as 18 in some spots…to a total drinking ban in others:
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This equally sobering chart shows how staggeringly much toilet paper we use:
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Speaking of waste and junk…did you know (!!!) there was a giant, freaking garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean:
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Here’s another interesting one — young adults are less religious than they were 30 years ago:
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We all know the USA spends an outrageous amount of money on the military budget, but this puts in stark terms:
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If you saw my question above about whether we could afford to make cuts to our defense budget — holy crap — the answer is YES! YES! YES! according to this chart:
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And to drive home the point even more, look at the advantage the USA and their NATO allies have:
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OK, let’s look at something a bit less serious…here’s how the popularity of car colors has changed over the years:
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Here’s the most spoken languages (excluding English and Spanish) in each US state:
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This chart explaining about the mobs of New York is fun (I mean, as fun as a chart can be about a murder-happy organization):
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This one’s no surprise at this point, but look at the USA’s rate of gun-related homicides and gun ownership compared to the rest of the developed world:
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This chart — showing the metro areas in the USA where more than 5% of the population uses public transit to get to work — is going to be SOOOOO funny to look at after the environmental apocalypse when we’re living underground:
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This chart is sad but interesting — it shows where Ukrainians fled to during the first year of the war:
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And lastly, here’s something fun and interesting to end on — the times people in Europe have dinner! (Having just got back from Portugal, I can tell you their 9–10 p.m. dinner time is real as I was falling asleep at the table!):