The amount of human-made (or anthropogenic) mass, has now exceeded the weight of all life on Earth, including humans, animals, and plants.
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A lot can happen in an internet minute. This stat-heavy graphic looks at the epic numbers behind the online services billions use every day.
What do Augustus Caesar, Cosimo de Medici, Mansa Musa, and Genghis Khan have in common? They were some of the richest people in all of history.
From iron ore to rare earths, over 3 billion tonnes of metals are mined each year. This chart shows them all on a relative scale.
Coffee is the third most consumed beverage globally. Here we visualize the countries that have the highest coffee production in the world.
This timeline visualization is a high-level record of what happened on the fateful morning of September 11, 2001
Athletes pull huge sums of money from their on-field and off-field contracts. Here we rank the top 50 highest-paid athletes in the world.
Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.
This map explainer looks at Afghanistan from a structural point of view, delving into geography and population patterns.
