The Official U.S. Whiskey Map

Sloshspot.com decided to scour the U.S. for the distilleries, big and small, that provide us with that sweet, sweet golden nectar we have all come to adore. It may come as a surprise, but there are most likely a few of these distilleries near your home. And if you're lucky enough to live in Kentucky, we don't want to hear any complaining, cause you have about as many distilleries as you have banjo players on your block.

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On the Rise: Poverty in America

In 2009, 43.6 million Americans, or 14.3% of the population, lived at or below the poverty level. That’s up from 13.2% in 2008, according to the Census Bureau. More importantly, it is the highest poverty level recorded in the last 51 years.

How did we get here? In mint.com's latest infographic, they look back at poverty levels in the United States over the past 40 years, and more.

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Which country has the best brains?

Over the past week, the Nobel prizes have been awarded in chemistry, medicine, peace, physics and literature.

Over the intervening 109 years, more than 500 prizes have been awarded. But which nation can claim the most winners? BBC have trawled throught the archives to produce a definitive list of the nations with the biggest brains.

via www.bbc.co.uk

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Digital Life

Utilising cutting edge techniques and taking advantage of market-leading expertise, Digital Life offers both a lens on the digital world and the frameworks required to make actionable business decisions within it. It can be used to drive global strategies or inform local tactics.

The interactive data dashboard allows users to compare pairs of countries with each other, in attributes such as Internet penetration, digital lifestyles and daily activities, etc.

via discoverdigitallife.com
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Piemonte: Worldwide Visits 2008

This infographic shows the amount of visits to the italian region of Piemonte and their provenance.

The flow has been divided in three main categories: EU - European states; EX - Extra-European states; ITA - Italian regions.
Each category has been respectively divided in the following groups:
  • EU: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Central Europe, other european states;
  • EX: North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, other countries;
  • ITA: all regions are shown.
The aim of this visualization is to quickly highlight the number and the provenance of each flow of visits towards each specific Piemonte province, and most of all to put these data in proportion, also summing up the top countries. Each flow has been visualized through the metaphore of barcodes, for obtaining a "chromatic worldwide barcode" identifying a sort of "Piemonte DNA".

via www.blog.visup.it

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What is graphene?

Graphene is extremely strong and flexible. This unique substance acts as both conductor and semiconductor.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"

via en.rian.ru

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