Amazing fun!

UN Human Rights group puts refugees on google earth

useful project, terrible map using 6 shades of blue. (it's the house colors of the sites, wrong decision)

Ratings! At some point this will probably update with the current year, which shows Iraq as the second-worst off state.

source: CIA World Factbook, of course.

Archived world fact book

exists to produce and distribute content that subverts the dominant political and cultural world views of our time. We aim to forge a new reality by disseminating works of artistic merit that challenge the omnipotence of the monocultu

nation simulation game

"Stories of struggle and resistance from around the world, meant to inspire and incite strong hearts"

Whales evolved their large brains 30 million years ago--25 million years before humans appeared on the scene and 29 million years before the present brain size of humans developed.

piracy reporting

maps and data comparing transport in NYC, London, Tokyo, Paris

best feature is sunrise/sunset times