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A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? 6.9 billion dollars. That’s cool. And that’s how much Mark Zuckerberg is worth if you listen to financial projections. If you had Zuck’s mad FaceMash cash, what would you spend? This helpful little infographic makes some suggestions to Zuckerberg on how he should spend his money. Let’s put it this way. Zuck could pretty much buy any damn thing he wants. He could bid on every auction on eBay if he... Continue reading

It all started so innocently. A simple linguistic evolution. Geckus led to geek which eventually led to gleek and all of the numerous off roads. It wasn’t until the 1950s that the word geek became a part of culture, but geeks have always existed, even if the word didn’t. Flowtown created this helpful flowchart infographic to show the evolution of the geeks and their various subcultures. Check out the source for the full-sized image. Hit the jump to see the... Continue reading

We’ve been celebrating Halloween for 2000 years. Originally inspired by pagan traditions, the trick-or-treat holiday has evolved into a night of scares and sugar, with a complete lack of religious inclinations. To be honest, I barely knew anything about Halloween before reading this infographic. I never knew the incredible commercial success Halloween offers to retailers. But it makes sense. Tons of candy. Masses of costumes. Halloween is one of the biggest retail boosts of the year. Hit the jump to... Continue reading

At one time, the “MySpace pic” was the premiere brand of photo usage on social networks. The MySpace pic was pretty straight-forward and super-effective, particularly for fatties. The secret was shooting from above and making a kissy/ducky face. While MySpace has fallen from grace, the legacy of the MySpace pic lives on through Facebook. This infographic provides a guide to understanding the meaning of Facebook profile pictures and their angular meanings.

Born as Jumpman in the early 1980′s, later changing his name to the much less embarrassing Mario Mario, this is one above average plumber. What other plumbers do you know who can hold their breath for an infinite period of time underwater or can break blocks of bricks with their bare fists without any long-term repercussions? I think not. This helpful little infographic takes a brief look at the scientific wonders of Mario, including his immense IQ and the strange... Continue reading

Gearfuse has some of the smartest readers on the face of the planet. Andrew’s Fake Facts Weekly recently came out with a study that placed Gearfuse at the top of the list for the number of physicists per 1000 readers. You have to admit, that’s a pretty impressive piece of made-up trivia. The infographic after the jump is chock full of interesting facts and figures about the comfy confines of outer space, including the effects space has on the human... Continue reading

Narrowing down the twenty weirdest posts on Craigslist must have been no easy task. I mean, lets be honest… it’s Craigslist. About 20% of the crap posted on that site could fit on this list. But CreditScore.net attempted to boil down the twenty weirdest posts to ever grace the pages of Craigslist. From a request for a woman to lay in bathtub of noodles to a collection of 1,325 pope hats, the infographic after the jump lists some of the... Continue reading

With war, scandal, reform and economics at the forefront of The White House’s list of priorities, net neutrality has taken sort of a backseat to other issues. Whether this is justified or not is debatable, especially with the recent news of a possible agreement between Verizon and Google proposing a “private” internet for sites willing to pay a premium. The fact is that net neutrality has been shoved under the radar by other first amendment issues, such as the proposed... Continue reading

I’ve read about the history of the net from probably well-near 100 sources overall. I probably didn’t absorb everything I’ve read, but I swear, everytime I read one of these tremendous infographics, I learn new things. Everything from J.C. R. Licklider’s 1962 concept of an “intergalactic network” to the end of 2009, in which mobile data exceeded that of voice traffic every single month, globally exceeding an annual exabyte (a billion gigabytes) of mobile data or the first time ever.... Continue reading

While my tongue might be more acquainted with bacon then any body part should healthily be, I have to admit, my knowledge of bacon history, lore and trivia had been lacking. One of the many reasons I love the medium of infographics is the bite-sized pieces of information in provides. For example, I can read a fact, which in turn would of course make me hungry, fry up and piece of bacon to gnash on and still be able to... Continue reading