OMG, how fat are we?

Quoted: Today, soft drinks account for about seven per cent of all the calories ingested in the United States,

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Quoted: TED Talks Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.

Wow, that is a great talk.

You know, every TED talk I have seen has been fantastic.

Quoted: TED Talks You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."

Think

Quoted: A COUNTRY doctor saved the life of a dying 12-year-old boy by using a drill to bore into his brain after he fell off his bike.

26 Outstanding Photos Of Earth From Space

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Quoted: The wide, smiling face of Sheikh Mohammed – the absolute ruler of Dubai – beams down on his creation. His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate rictuses of Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. This man has sold Dubai to the world as the city of One Thousand and One Arabian Lights, a Shangri-La in the Middle East insulated from the dust-storms blasting across the region. He dominates the Manhattan-manqué skyline, beaming out from row after row of glass pyramids and hotels smelted into the shape of piles of golden coins. And there he stands on the tallest building in the world – a skinny spike, jabbing farther into the sky than any other human construction in history.

Eventual Consistency by Werner Vogels