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It’s no secret that the last few years have been brutal for the banking industry. But nothing paints a better picture of the industry’s carnage than our latest infographic on bank closures over the past 10 years.
With the 2010 World Cup started, the hype keeps building every day. So with all the discussion focused on soccer, it’s time for the average American to educate themselves. If you aren’t sure where each team stands, or How the USA is looking, or who the best teams have been in the past, look no further.
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Throughout the history of civilization, one of the great fears of mankind has been large urban fires. When a city burns the loss of life and property damage can be horrific, but afterwards a city may rebuild and renew itself. Here are 6 of the most devastating examples.
Chinese love cars. They started to know western life on wheels by watching American movies. Since 1980 when China’s Opening and Reform adventure debuted, the auto number in the country has been growing constantly, from 1.78 million, 1980 to 64 million, 2009.
The demand will be respectively 140 million in 2015 and 217 million in 2020.
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April 20, 2010, chaos struck on the Gulf of Mexico as a BP oil rig began to leak millions of gallons of oil into the Ocean; destroying sea life, birds and many local’s livelihood, as well as being declared as a National disaster by Barrack Obama – and now having a severe effect the price of oil throughout the world. We take a look at just what happened since that day, and how BP managed to cap the potential world crisis.
This Infographic represents the evolution of book throughout the ages. Bookworms will love this for sure.
This infographic exhibits pioneers in the field of programming, along with the history and current statistics of various programming languages. Also included are some random facts and algorithm diagrams to make the infographic more visually appealing.
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Here are some statistics resulted from looking into the matter after almost 50 years of birth control.
Did you know it took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users? TV has evolved from the time it started with just a few programs airing each day into 24/7 news and hundreds of stations to choose from.
Check out this infographic to learn more about how TV has changed in the past 84 years.
How Much Has TV Changed Since 1926?
Answer: A Lot.