Infographic of the Day: What the Census Said About Us...in 1870 | Design & Innovation | Fast Company

Infographic of the Day: What the Census Said About Us...in 1870 | Design & Innovation | Fast Company:
VERY cool...from Fast Company

"Radical Cartography recently dug up dozens of maps from the 1870 Census Atlas. They're gorgeous--and they reveal much about what set the country on its path to greatness--and what created our modern government.....As you can guess, the country was overwhelmingly young, comprised of children and working adults. This graph shows age distribution by state. Young are at the bottom of each graph; old at the top; left is male, right is female, and the shading tells you which is larger:"

Click through...it really is worth it!

Tough day for runners

two deaths while running:

First a wolf

"Wolves in Alaska are suspected of killing a teacher in an isolated village while she was out jogging." (from BBC)

Then a plane!

"A Georgia man was running and listening to his iPod on the beach on Hilton Head Island when he was struck and killed by an airplane that made an emergency landing Monday near Palmetto Dunes, the Beaufort County Coroner's Office said Tuesday." (from McClathcey)

BBC News - Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists

BBC News - Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists:

"A receding hairline can be a good thing, according to US scientists, who say men who go bald by 30 appear to be less likely to develop prostate cancer."

At Xavier, Nun Works Out Players’ Academic Side - NYTimes.com

At Xavier, Nun Works Out Players’ Academic Side - NYTimes.com:

"By some measures, the success of the Xavier men’s basketball team rests not with a sharpshooting guard or a ball-hawking forward. Rather, it rests largely with a 5-foot-4, white-haired 77-year-old nun not afraid to rap on dormitory doors or to call players before dawn to ask about missed classes or late assignments."

History: DaVinci Perfected World's Largest Horse Statue : Video : Discovery News

History: DaVinci Perfected World's Largest Horse Statue : Video : Discovery News:

"Leonardo DaVinci conceived, but never finished, the world's largest equine statue. This project failure has puzzled scholars ever since. Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why this project came to a grinding halt."