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71 Incredible Charts Every Smart Person Should See
This chart shows how much money one person needs to make to live comfortably in each US yeah, things have gotten expensive. To drive home just how expensive things have gotten, look at this chart showing fast-food inflation over the last decade. If you're being honest, you're probably a little foggy on the difference between a second cousin and a first cousin once removed. This napkin explains it all! Depending on where you live in the States, you either say "soda," "pop," or "Coke" (as a lifelong Californian, I say "soda"). Check out who says what and where. Here are the highest-grossing music tours of all-time through the end of last year (Taylor's tour has only added to the lead since then). This important chart tells you how you can know when someone has spiked (or otherwise tampered with) your drink. This chart has some terrific advice on how to stay calm (and let's be ALL need this right now). And this chart will help you pick the safest swimsuit possible depending on whether you're hitting the lake or pool (black in the pool is a good so much at the lake). I have one of the least common birthdays on this list (Let's f'ing go. Let's go. I guess.) What about yours? This chart tells you some of the biggest red flags to watch out for when interviewing for a job (including the old "we're like a family" oof). Someone needs to send this chart to Leo to help him see his dating life is getting more than a tad awkward. It's like, no, Leo, there isn't room next to the 20-year-old on the floating door! You're almost 50! Here's where you can find national parks in the USA, and it's interesting to see how some states have a lot, and some have none at all. And this chart shows you the most popular fast-food chains in each state (and I'm only learning about Burgerville, Dick's, and Culver's from this!). If you've ever wondered how to define bullying (as opposed to just folks being rude or mean) this one is for you. This chart from the Holocaust Museum explains the early signs of fascism and — looks around at 2024 — yeah. This chart of Japanese emoticons (used throughout much of Asia too) is so I guess I'll be using these now? This chart explaining how airlines make their money through seating is super interesting. 7-Up "never had it, never will," but these other drinks range from having a little caffeine to a LOT. College costs more than ever these are some majors you might want to reconsider. Cats are chart will help you understand them. This data is a few years old, but something you might want to consider when buying a car (if you don't want to be conspicuous in the eyes of police). And — for you history fans — this map shows the route the Lewis and Clark Expedition took. This one will tell you the names of common things you probably don't know (like that illegible handwriting is called a griffonage). This chart shows the progression of World Cup soccer balls from 1930 to the modern day. OK, I did NOT know this — India has wildly different drinking age rules, ranging from as young as 18 in some a total drinking ban in others. If you've ever wondered where all the 8 billion people in the world live, this chart breaks it down for you. This card (found in a deck of cards) explains all the hands you can have in poker. This chart shows the very different benefits of taking a cold vs. hot shower. This chart shows what you do and DON'T want to do if you get bitten by a snake. This chart shows plants that are hard to kill (which probably makes them ideal for your home, lol). This chart tells us which countries have more males or females — and YIKES straight men in Qatar better learn some good pickup lines or buy a new shirt or something as only 24.85% of the population is female. This chart shows you how much alcohol Americans drink, and whoa — 24 million of us average 10+ drinks per day. And this fascinating chart shows you the typical colors of clothes during the Middle the natural dyes people used to create them! Speaking of clothes, here's how often you should be washing yours. Nuclear mushroom clouds can be so much more staggeringly large than you likely realized. This ingenious image does a great job of explaining how genetics making you crave gummy bears. And this chart shows you just how unfathomably large a trillion dollars is. Speaking of a fact is wild. Hyperinflation hit Zimbabwe so heavily in 2009 (inflation literally reached 230,000,000% that year!!!) that the country introduced a 100 TRILLION dollar was worth about 40 US cents. "Fishes" CAN be the plural form of "fish." Little kids everywhere are vindicated! This chart shows a trick for remembering how many days are in each month (the "knuckles" months are the ones with 31 days). Speaking of eye sight, babies don't just pop out with fully developed vision. ... It's a gradual process. This chart explains how we've all been watering our plants the wrong way. This incredible image shows just how much a cervix can dilate during childbirth. And this chart shows people draw tally marks differently depending on where they are in the world. Huh. This US map chart explains that the American Southwest's climate is like the Middle East's, and Washington's is like England's! And Los Angeles County has a greater population than 40 actual states! This graphic, I think, is a little off. It shows only seven states with larger populations than Los Angeles County, but — according to the 2020 census — there are 10 states with more than Los Angeles County's 10.04 million residents (California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan).Still...I never would've imagined that!!!! Time to apply for statehood, Los Angeles, LOL! There's a type of jellyfish that's — wait for it — immortal. Known as the Immortal Jellyfish, the species (as the chart says) "can revert from sexual maturity to a sexually immature, colonial stage and repeat the process indefinitely." You can do the Heimlich Maneuver on a choking dog and save their life. And, speaking of dogs, the asphalt your pup walks on is probably way hotter than you realized. This chart shows how you can figure out what bug did you dirty just by looking at your bite. And, while things are pretty secretive in North Korea, it appears this wild fact is (or at least was) true — their professional basketball league has their own rules, including dunks being worth three points! You've probably heard streaming makes it really hard for a musician to make a living, but this chart shows just how dire a situation it is! What you wear running or riding a bike at night makes a shockingly HUGE difference in how visible you are. And this graphic explains how gerrymandering works in simple we can all understand how infuriating it is! Hackers can crack a so-so password instantly, but a really strong one can take millions (yes, millions) of years to crack. This is the differences between endemic, epidemic, and in the simplest way possible. And this card (found in a deck of cards) explains all the hands you can have in poker. If you love movies, this chart is FASCINATING. And I knew Africa was big but not THIS BIG! This cool chart shows you 16 — yes, 16! — different sizes of mattresses. And if you're wondering what the heck an Alaskan King looks like in here's one. This chart shows apples on a scale from most tart to most sweet. Ever wonder what the exact differences are between the ways you can cook a steak? This chart's for you. And if you've ever wondered, " I put the veggies in the water before or after I boil it?" Well, this chart's for you, too. This chart explains when you should eat a banana (and has me rethinking my whole at least when I eat bananas). Get this — the numbers used for our Interstate Highway System aren't all mean something specific. Also fascinating? This map that has the deets behind the territories the United States purchased. This map shows life expectancy in the different counties throughout the USA — looks like the Upper Midwest is a good place to go if you want to live a while! Want to search life expectancy by country, state, or zip code? Do it here. This super-cool chart spells out just how vastly different the planets are in our solar fruit. This sobering chart shows just how despicable these absolute monsters were. So, how did Mao Zedong — the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1943–1976 — kill so many people? A big part of it was due to his Great Leap Forward program, which aimed to turn China from an agrarian nation into an industrialized Way too fast. As a result, as many as 45 million starved, fueled by Mao's refusal to acknowledge what was happening or to accept international aid. This chart shows a ranking of countries based on how accepting they are of infidelity. This chart explains what the world's largest caves are (Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is indeed MAMMOTH). And lastly, this deep thought should inspire you to stop and reflect on your place in it all, and maybe feel a little gratitude. HT: r/coolguides
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
Kroger adds seasonal Coca-Cola flavor Walmart, Target won't offer
While fast-food chains always had a handful of seasonal items, it wasn't a major trend. Burger King and Wendy's would add fish sandwiches for Lent season, and the Shamrock Shake was a McDonald's annual seasonal offering that came out around Patrick's Day, but seasonality was somewhat limited. Enter Starbucks. Related: Starbucks makes a move to battle slowing customer interest The coffee chain has made having a seasonal beverage menu table stakes for any coffee company. It's something even chains like McDonald's that have a coffee program have had to adopt. People expect that the fall season means offering pumpkin spice, and that the winter season means peppermint, eggnog, and other appropriate flavors. The fast-food industry used to operate more around movie releases and tying special food to things not dependent on the calendar. But while they do still happen, movie tie-ins are becoming increasingly rare. Now it's much more likely for companies to try to establish offerings on a seasonal basis. That's something Wendy's has done with the Summer Strawberry Salad and some of its Frosty flavors. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter This trend has spread to grocery stores, where seasonal soda flavors have become a thing. Some brands, like PepsiCo's Mountain Dew, offer so many new flavors each season that they can spread them out between retailers and restaurant chains. Coca-Cola, however, only has very limited seasonal flavors. That makes it surprising that its winter take on Sprite will only be offered at Kroger. It's only a fairly recent development that Coca-Cola's (KO) Sprite has featured brand extension flavors. That used to be something limited to Coke, as cola lends itself well to adding everything from fruit flavors to vanilla, cinnamon, and other options. Sprite, however, has been mixed with lemonade and has hit store shelves in other extensions of the popular lemon-lime classic flavor. It's not as easy to expand the Sprite brand as it is to create new Coke flavors. Adding cranberry flavor to Sprite made sense, but Sprite Vanilla Frost, a flavor that first came out in 2024 as a Kroger exclusive, seems less logical. Vanilla does not automatically seem to go with lemon and lime, and the original launch was fairly polarizing. More Retail News: Starbucks executives to get huge bonus as baristas demand better payWalmart, Sam's Club makes major donation for Texas flood reliefHome Depot spends billions on major acquisition "The broad public opinion of this soda was not enormously positive; I was sent plenty of pictures of Kroger stores flush with stock of this limited-time-only soda well into the promotional period. It turns out no one was crying out for vanilla baked-good sweetness added to their Sprite," Sporked reported. That's anecdotal, so maybe those cases flew off the shelves after the soda was around for a while, but it certainly seemed like Sprite Vanilla Frost was not a clear winner. Even though its first run may not have gone that well, Kroger (KR) will bring Sprite Vanilla Frost back as an exclusive flavor beginning in November. Perhaps the flavor will build a following in its second year, or maybe Sprite completists will simply need to own some to round out their collections. If they want it, Kroger will be the only option, since it's an exclusive product you won't find at Target, Walmart, Amazon, or any regional grocery chain. Coca-Cola has been working to tailor its product release to each market around the world. That's something CEO James Quincey talked about during its first-quarter earnings call. "During the quarter, some markets improved sequentially while other markets faced macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions that impacted consumer confidence and consumption behaviors. Despite this backdrop, we delivered robust organic revenue growth through our stepped-up capabilities and better than ever system alignment. We're getting more granular and tailoring our execution to win locally in key geographies, categories, and channels," he said. Related: Coca-Cola brings back controversial Coke flavor Quincey had mixed feelings about Coca-Cola's North American performance, and Sprite was not one of the highlights he mentioned. "Bright spots include continued volume growth for Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, another good quarter for fairlife and Topo Chico Sabores, and continued traction with food service customer renewals and new accounts," he added. The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
Glasgow Times
2 days ago
- Glasgow Times
Prosecutor reflects on ‘long road' to justice for baby Victoria
On Monday, Victoria's parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were convicted of her manslaughter following two lengthy trials spanning two years. Samantha Yelland, senior Crown prosecutor for CPS London, told the PA news agency: 'I feel that justice has been done. 'It's been a long road, it's been a lot of work, but, you know, no work is too much when anyone's died, but particularly a young child who wasn't able to stick up for herself or fight for herself.' Crown Prosecution Service senior prosecutor Samantha Yelland (Emily Pennink/PA) Last year, a jury failed to reach verdicts on whether the defendants were responsible to Victoria's death but did convict them of concealing her birth, child cruelty and perverting the course of justice by hiding her body in a shed. Ms Yelland sought a retrial on charges of manslaughter and causing or allowing Victoria's death in the public interest, even though it meant a second six-month trial. Explaining the decision, she said: 'A baby died in circumstances which she absolutely didn't need to and could have been avoided. 'That is why it's serious and it needs to be prosecuted. Obviously none of us expected it to take this long.' Dealing with a case involving the death of a baby is 'always upsetting' even for an experienced team, she said. Phd students during tests replicating conditions in which Victoria died in a tent (Met Police/PA) Ms Yelland said: 'I consider it a privilege to prosecute baby cases. It is very upsetting, it could be harrowing, but usually the people charged with their killing is someone who is supposed to look after them. 'Some of the evidence in is not very nice, but we're just looking at the whole picture and wanting to get justice for the person who has died.' Images of Victoria's body found rotting amid rubbish in a Lidl bag in a shed near Brighton have stuck in her mind throughout the case. She said: 'I've seen what baby Victoria looks like inside of that bag. I've seen the post-mortem photos. 'We didn't subject the jury to that because that is not a nice thing to see. But the baby is in that bag, which we know she was carried around in when she died, but also when she was alive. It is probably what stays with me the most. And what was on top, the rubbish, the Coke can and the sandwich wrapper. 'And the two police officers finding it. You can see how moved they are when they realise that they found it. Obviously, that had been a manhunt been going on for a couple of days by that stage.' A pink sheet and Victoria's teddy bear motif babygro were found inside a Lidl bag with her body (Met Police/PA) On the defendants' actions after four other children were taken into care, Ms Yelland said: 'We never said that they didn't love their children, but when it comes to decision making, it's the prosecution view that they think of themselves above the children. 'And that's why they got themselves into the predicament they did. And that's why Victoria died, and that's why they continued to keep her there in that bag for however long it was after she died and not go to the police and not explain the situation. 'And that's why I charged perverting the course of justice rather than preventing the lawful for burial, which is another offence I could have considered. 'For me, it was more than that because they kept it for such a long time that the state that she was in was such that we couldn't be sure if there had been an injury – not that we're saying there was for a minute – but we wouldn't have been able to tell because at the amount of time that she'd been in there. 'I do accept that there were experts that said that everyone grieves differently and everyone deals with things differently, but I think the whole theme of this case is that they think about themselves more than they think about their children and other people.' Ms Yelland said the case had presented multiple challenges for the prosecution before baby Victoria was found dead on March 1 2023. Tests on the tent supported the prosecution case Victoria died from cold (Met Police/PA) Discussions had already started about charging Gordon and Marten even in the absence of a body. The CPS pressed ahead with charges despite a post-mortem examination failing to ascertain exactly how Victoria died. With no pathological cause of death, the jury was asked to look at other evidence that Victoria died from hypothermia or smothering, as the defendants claimed. Ms Yelland said: 'We decided that although there were two distinct ways in which she may have died, our main case is that she died of hypothermia. 'The defendants raised that she was smothered and in response to that, we say, while we don't accept that, even if that were to be the case, the circumstances in which she was smothered are such it still amounts to grossly negligence manslaughter. CCTV footage of Constance Marten holding baby Victoria under her coat in East Ham, London (Met Police/PA) 'It's our case that hypothermia would have been heavily involved in any smothering anyway, because she's been subjected to very cold conditions with the items that she was wearing and would not have been as healthy.' In a change from the original trial, an expert replicated cold and damp conditions in the tent where Victoria died and examined her inadequate clothes pointing to hypothermia being the likely cause. Other challenges involved piecing together and assessing sightings of the defendants from across England in the seven weeks they were on the run with baby Victoria. Mr Yelland said that the prosecution was able to narrow the timeline in the second trial although the prosecution still asserted Victoria survived for longer than the defendants had said. Towards the end of the retrial, Gordon, who by then was representing himself, provided the prosecution with the chance to lift the lid on his 1989 rape conviction in the United States after he gave a misleading impression of his childhood. When he refuted the convictions, the prosecution moved swiftly to produce an embossed certificate from a Florida court to prove it.
South Wales Guardian
2 days ago
- South Wales Guardian
Prosecutor reflects on ‘long road' to justice for baby Victoria
On Monday, Victoria's parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were convicted of her manslaughter following two lengthy trials spanning two years. Samantha Yelland, senior Crown prosecutor for CPS London, told the PA news agency: 'I feel that justice has been done. 'It's been a long road, it's been a lot of work, but, you know, no work is too much when anyone's died, but particularly a young child who wasn't able to stick up for herself or fight for herself.' Last year, a jury failed to reach verdicts on whether the defendants were responsible to Victoria's death but did convict them of concealing her birth, child cruelty and perverting the course of justice by hiding her body in a shed. Ms Yelland sought a retrial on charges of manslaughter and causing or allowing Victoria's death in the public interest, even though it meant a second six-month trial. Explaining the decision, she said: 'A baby died in circumstances which she absolutely didn't need to and could have been avoided. 'That is why it's serious and it needs to be prosecuted. Obviously none of us expected it to take this long.' Dealing with a case involving the death of a baby is 'always upsetting' even for an experienced team, she said. Ms Yelland said: 'I consider it a privilege to prosecute baby cases. It is very upsetting, it could be harrowing, but usually the people charged with their killing is someone who is supposed to look after them. 'Some of the evidence in is not very nice, but we're just looking at the whole picture and wanting to get justice for the person who has died.' Images of Victoria's body found rotting amid rubbish in a Lidl bag in a shed near Brighton have stuck in her mind throughout the case. She said: 'I've seen what baby Victoria looks like inside of that bag. I've seen the post-mortem photos. 'We didn't subject the jury to that because that is not a nice thing to see. But the baby is in that bag, which we know she was carried around in when she died, but also when she was alive. It is probably what stays with me the most. And what was on top, the rubbish, the Coke can and the sandwich wrapper. 'And the two police officers finding it. You can see how moved they are when they realise that they found it. Obviously, that had been a manhunt been going on for a couple of days by that stage.' On the defendants' actions after four other children were taken into care, Ms Yelland said: 'We never said that they didn't love their children, but when it comes to decision making, it's the prosecution view that they think of themselves above the children. 'And that's why they got themselves into the predicament they did. And that's why Victoria died, and that's why they continued to keep her there in that bag for however long it was after she died and not go to the police and not explain the situation. 'And that's why I charged perverting the course of justice rather than preventing the lawful for burial, which is another offence I could have considered. 'For me, it was more than that because they kept it for such a long time that the state that she was in was such that we couldn't be sure if there had been an injury – not that we're saying there was for a minute – but we wouldn't have been able to tell because at the amount of time that she'd been in there. 'I do accept that there were experts that said that everyone grieves differently and everyone deals with things differently, but I think the whole theme of this case is that they think about themselves more than they think about their children and other people.' Ms Yelland said the case had presented multiple challenges for the prosecution before baby Victoria was found dead on March 1 2023. Discussions had already started about charging Gordon and Marten even in the absence of a body. The CPS pressed ahead with charges despite a post-mortem examination failing to ascertain exactly how Victoria died. With no pathological cause of death, the jury was asked to look at other evidence that Victoria died from hypothermia or smothering, as the defendants claimed. Ms Yelland said: 'We decided that although there were two distinct ways in which she may have died, our main case is that she died of hypothermia. 'The defendants raised that she was smothered and in response to that, we say, while we don't accept that, even if that were to be the case, the circumstances in which she was smothered are such it still amounts to grossly negligence manslaughter. 'It's our case that hypothermia would have been heavily involved in any smothering anyway, because she's been subjected to very cold conditions with the items that she was wearing and would not have been as healthy.' In a change from the original trial, an expert replicated cold and damp conditions in the tent where Victoria died and examined her inadequate clothes pointing to hypothermia being the likely cause. Other challenges involved piecing together and assessing sightings of the defendants from across England in the seven weeks they were on the run with baby Victoria. Mr Yelland said that the prosecution was able to narrow the timeline in the second trial although the prosecution still asserted Victoria survived for longer than the defendants had said. Towards the end of the retrial, Gordon, who by then was representing himself, provided the prosecution with the chance to lift the lid on his 1989 rape conviction in the United States after he gave a misleading impression of his childhood. When he refuted the convictions, the prosecution moved swiftly to produce an embossed certificate from a Florida court to prove it.
Rhyl Journal
2 days ago
- Rhyl Journal
Prosecutor reflects on ‘long road' to justice for baby Victoria
On Monday, Victoria's parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, were convicted of her manslaughter following two lengthy trials spanning two years. Samantha Yelland, senior Crown prosecutor for CPS London, told the PA news agency: 'I feel that justice has been done. 'It's been a long road, it's been a lot of work, but, you know, no work is too much when anyone's died, but particularly a young child who wasn't able to stick up for herself or fight for herself.' Last year, a jury failed to reach verdicts on whether the defendants were responsible to Victoria's death but did convict them of concealing her birth, child cruelty and perverting the course of justice by hiding her body in a shed. Ms Yelland sought a retrial on charges of manslaughter and causing or allowing Victoria's death in the public interest, even though it meant a second six-month trial. Explaining the decision, she said: 'A baby died in circumstances which she absolutely didn't need to and could have been avoided. 'That is why it's serious and it needs to be prosecuted. Obviously none of us expected it to take this long.' Dealing with a case involving the death of a baby is 'always upsetting' even for an experienced team, she said. Ms Yelland said: 'I consider it a privilege to prosecute baby cases. It is very upsetting, it could be harrowing, but usually the people charged with their killing is someone who is supposed to look after them. 'Some of the evidence in is not very nice, but we're just looking at the whole picture and wanting to get justice for the person who has died.' Images of Victoria's body found rotting amid rubbish in a Lidl bag in a shed near Brighton have stuck in her mind throughout the case. She said: 'I've seen what baby Victoria looks like inside of that bag. I've seen the post-mortem photos. 'We didn't subject the jury to that because that is not a nice thing to see. But the baby is in that bag, which we know she was carried around in when she died, but also when she was alive. It is probably what stays with me the most. And what was on top, the rubbish, the Coke can and the sandwich wrapper. 'And the two police officers finding it. You can see how moved they are when they realise that they found it. Obviously, that had been a manhunt been going on for a couple of days by that stage.' On the defendants' actions after four other children were taken into care, Ms Yelland said: 'We never said that they didn't love their children, but when it comes to decision making, it's the prosecution view that they think of themselves above the children. 'And that's why they got themselves into the predicament they did. And that's why Victoria died, and that's why they continued to keep her there in that bag for however long it was after she died and not go to the police and not explain the situation. 'And that's why I charged perverting the course of justice rather than preventing the lawful for burial, which is another offence I could have considered. 'For me, it was more than that because they kept it for such a long time that the state that she was in was such that we couldn't be sure if there had been an injury – not that we're saying there was for a minute – but we wouldn't have been able to tell because at the amount of time that she'd been in there. 'I do accept that there were experts that said that everyone grieves differently and everyone deals with things differently, but I think the whole theme of this case is that they think about themselves more than they think about their children and other people.' Ms Yelland said the case had presented multiple challenges for the prosecution before baby Victoria was found dead on March 1 2023. Discussions had already started about charging Gordon and Marten even in the absence of a body. The CPS pressed ahead with charges despite a post-mortem examination failing to ascertain exactly how Victoria died. With no pathological cause of death, the jury was asked to look at other evidence that Victoria died from hypothermia or smothering, as the defendants claimed. Ms Yelland said: 'We decided that although there were two distinct ways in which she may have died, our main case is that she died of hypothermia. 'The defendants raised that she was smothered and in response to that, we say, while we don't accept that, even if that were to be the case, the circumstances in which she was smothered are such it still amounts to grossly negligence manslaughter. 'It's our case that hypothermia would have been heavily involved in any smothering anyway, because she's been subjected to very cold conditions with the items that she was wearing and would not have been as healthy.' In a change from the original trial, an expert replicated cold and damp conditions in the tent where Victoria died and examined her inadequate clothes pointing to hypothermia being the likely cause. Other challenges involved piecing together and assessing sightings of the defendants from across England in the seven weeks they were on the run with baby Victoria. Mr Yelland said that the prosecution was able to narrow the timeline in the second trial although the prosecution still asserted Victoria survived for longer than the defendants had said. Towards the end of the retrial, Gordon, who by then was representing himself, provided the prosecution with the chance to lift the lid on his 1989 rape conviction in the United States after he gave a misleading impression of his childhood. When he refuted the convictions, the prosecution moved swiftly to produce an embossed certificate from a Florida court to prove it.
