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Charts & Graphs

Charts & Graphs communication

Font of History

The origins of famous typefaces.

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Charts & Graphs democracy

In a Landslide

In a Landslide

Questionable margins of victory.

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Charts & Graphs states of mind

Detail of a table

Boomerang

Theories of mind, lost and found.

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Charts & Graphs energy

Cool Cats and Lounge Lizards

Animal strategies for saving energy.

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Charts & Graphs memory

Gone but Not Forgotten

Extinct animals immortalized through folklore.

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Charts & Graphs home

The Wharton School

Decorating advice from Edith Wharton.

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Charts & Graphs migration

Moving Day

Customs and rituals for changing residences.

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Charts & Graphs travel

The Sun Never Sets

Britons comment on their colonies.

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Charts & Graphs sports & games

Quest for Glory

Sometimes it ends in a cash prize.

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Charts & Graphs discovery

Lost and Found Cities

Metropolises rediscovered.

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Charts & Graphs friendship

Objects of Affection

Objects of Affection

Into the thing of it.

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Charts & Graphs religion

Superheroes

Holy men with awesome powers.

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Charts & Graphs freedom

Antislavery Road Show

Mapping the Underground Railroad.

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Charts & Graphs crimes & punishments

Abandon All Hope

Abandon All Hope

Punishments meted out to sinners in Dante’s Inferno.

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Charts & Graphs youth

Chart showing the fortunes and misfortunes of literary orphans.

Hard-Knock Lives

The fortunes and misfortunes of fictional orphans.

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