Power of Data Visualization

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While outsiders might see competitive eating as funny business, professional competitive eaters don’t see any humor in the rigorous training regime they follow to get in shape for the annual competitions.

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Hot dogs are one of the most popular kinds of fast food.

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Weapons have been around since the first human hurled a rock at his neighbor. But with time and innovation, the weapons have gotten deadlier. Instead of throwing rocks, we now shoot guns, and with approximately eight million new guns produced each year, firearms are almost as readily available as stones on the ground.

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A new report released this week revealed that more than 15,000 people have become victims of fraud in the first six months of 2010. The report, which focuses on UK consumers, was compiled by Action Fraud – the national fraud reporting centre – and reveals that the amount of money people had been tricked out of ranged from just GBP£6 to more than GBP£1m.

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HIV and travel restrictions: Authorised personnel only.

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This recession was particularly ravaging to many businesses. ~1.5 million businesses have already closed their doors. Here is a more in depth look at where businesses are closing and why:

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According to railway transport official strategy, the length of high-speed lines (at a speed of 200-350 km / h) will be more than 1,500 km by 2030.

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Today's advanced trains are capable of previously unimaginable speeds. Over the last several decades the world has seen an explosion of faster and faster trains, many of which now have max speeds far exceeding 300mph.

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Today about half of the paper in America gets recycled after it’s been used. That’s 53.5 million tons – or 1,070,000,000,000 lbs – of paper a year.

But have you ever wondered how your greasy, ketchup-stained Big Mac wrapper can actually end up as a Social Studies textbook? The graphic above shows how it works.

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With all of the recent studies and discussions around professional sports and concussions (especially the NFL and NHL), Infographicworld.com decided to dive deep into the topic of concussions as a whole; with a particular focus on the implications involving sports. The findings were very interesting.