History of Dragons Around the World

When most people think "dragon" they most likely think of the Western dragon. Western dragons are usually portrayed as evil, mean, and bloodthirsty. Eastern dragons are portrayed as good, kind, and intelligent. This infographic by Alenka De los Rios graphic/illustrator designer from United States, Ohio, Reynoldsburg, shows complet history of Dragons around the world.

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The Growing E-Waste Situation

As technology advances and we build more and more devices, the number of obsolete electronics in need of disposal is growing as well. The issue of global e-waste is a mounting concern. And as the problem piles up, many countries are finding it easiest to just ship their e-waste overseas.

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The World of Data We're Creating on the Internet

In the 21 century, we live a large part of our lives online. Almost everything we do is reduced to bits and sent through cables around the world at light speed. But just how much data are we generating? This is a look at just some of the massive amounts of information that human beings create every day.

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Coffee’s Place In The Global Economy

We don’t technically need coffee to survive, yet this popular pick-me-up fuels not only our daily energy levels, but the global economy as well. The coffee industry thrives in countries like Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia: the world’s leading coffee exporters. In the United States alone, we consume more than 66 billion cups of coffee per year. Some of us love our java so much, in fact, that we even observe a national coffee holiday, September 29.  For more facts on the economy of coffee in the U.S. and around the world.

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Minimum Legal Age of Consent

This map shows the legal age of consent for heterosexual sex in different countries around the world. The age of consent is the age at which a young person is legally able to understand and agree to consensual sex. In most countries, until you reach this age it is illegal for somebody to have sex with you, however old they may be. Sometimes the law is slightly different when the partners are of a similar age, but there is usually still a minimum age below which sex is always illegal.

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Where Is the Silver?

We’re in the heat of a gold rush, but not all that glitters is gold: some of it is silver. And like that of most precious metals these days, the price of silver has been on the rise: up nearly 17% in the past month alone and currently at its  highest since 1980. In this interactive infographic, we look at the world’s top producers of silver. On the "Graph View," meanwhile you can see how global production and the price of silver have changed in the past century.

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