a curious girl in a curious world..Tumblr (3.0; @dihard)http://whatilearnd.com/“The Dark Knight made $155M in opening weekend.” What does that mean? Where does the...http://whatilearnd.com/post/43518903http://whatilearnd.com/post/43518903Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:39:00 -0400Eating Polar Bears Is Okay in Greenland: Awesome photography and interesting tidbits in this...http://whatilearnd.com/post/43307995http://whatilearnd.com/post/43307995Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:36:34 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/4hYJJXo8Zbqcw2dn4boQQCwf_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Fear of thieves siphoning fuel has made these locking gas caps all the rage these days. One gas-cap maker has already sold more locking caps in the first six months of this year (about 1.3 million) than in all of 2007. (per <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1821666,00.html" target="_blank">Time</a>)http://whatilearnd.com/post/43154993http://whatilearnd.com/post/43154993Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:53:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/4hYJJXo8Zbpa7jy0LuhSVd4z_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Prior to big climbs of the Tour de France, riders in the 1920s shared cigarettes - thought to help respiration. from Time’s <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1820136,00.html" target="_blank">A Brief History of the Tour de France</a>.http://whatilearnd.com/post/43062090http://whatilearnd.com/post/43062090Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:51:00 -0400Our sense of adventure delivers the same rewards as does sex and food. In the ventral striatum of...http://whatilearnd.com/post/42457174http://whatilearnd.com/post/42457174Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:10 -0400“Young friend, God and his people expect much from u because u have within you the Fathers...http://whatilearnd.com/post/42371591http://whatilearnd.com/post/42371591Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:13:00 -04001. Oil saved the whales from extinction.Oil’s first use was to replace whale blubber in lamps....http://whatilearnd.com/post/42324929http://whatilearnd.com/post/42324929Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400Who (or rather what) They Are:No, they’re not real people.  They are nicknames for...http://whatilearnd.com/post/42245289http://whatilearnd.com/post/42245289Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:40:00 -0400Was it the automobile? Was it lead from paint? Was it poor water conditions? Nope – it was...http://whatilearnd.com/post/41899136http://whatilearnd.com/post/41899136Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:11:56 -0400 <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="Walmarts" width="400" height="333" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"> <param name="movie" value="http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/Walmarts.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/Walmarts.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="333" name="Walmarts" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p><b>Watch the Growth of Walmart Across America<br/></b>*Note: <a href="http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/" target="_blank">FlowingData</a> has updated its version to include the year.</p> <p>Wow. I’d love to see this for other companies like McDonald’s, Starbucks, etc. Per the <a href="http://flowingdata.com/2008/07/10/watching-the-growth-of-walmart-across-america-interactive-edition/" target="_blank">creator</a> (originally <a href="http://blog.kiwitobes.com/?p=51" target="_blank">this</a> guy), the <a href="http://www.freebase.com/" target="_blank">database</a> used did not include opening dates for these other companies. In fact, it only had about 1/3 of the opening dates for Walmart stores. That’s why there’s a “flurry” at the end, representing all stores without a listed opening date.</p> <p>Here’s a similar map that shows <a href="http://hindsight.trulia.com/map/#lat=38.342&lon=-95.273&zoom=4&mix=0.500" target="_blank">property development</a> throughout time for select areas in the US.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://secretenemyhideout.com/post/41828147/superamit-a-map-showing-the-growth-of-walmart" target="_blank">zachklein</a> via <a href="http://superamit.tumblr.com/post/41826506/a-map-showing-the-growth-of-walmart-across-the" target="_blank">superamit</a> via <a href="http://kottke.org/" target="_blank">Kottke</a>)</p>http://whatilearnd.com/post/41843572http://whatilearnd.com/post/41843572Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:57:00 -0400T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan : “One of the benefits of being around a long time is that you...http://whatilearnd.com/post/41665609http://whatilearnd.com/post/41665609Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:09:00 -0400The market is down. Woe as us, right? Well not if you’ve got some money to invest, because now’s the...http://whatilearnd.com/post/41642521http://whatilearnd.com/post/41642521Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:25:07 -0400With the Olympics just one month away, it’s crunch time for Beijing. It promised eco-friendly “Green...http://whatilearnd.com/post/41517919http://whatilearnd.com/post/41517919Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:33:00 -0400what the internet is doing to our brains: From an author who understands that “what the Net seems to...http://whatilearnd.com/post/41343993http://whatilearnd.com/post/41343993Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:23:40 -0400Blame Oil: As a followup to my oil blame game post, here’s a list of 50 problems that are being...http://whatilearnd.com/post/40872400http://whatilearnd.com/post/40872400Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:38:56 -0400Microfinance is a movement to provide poor households permanent access to financial services. It is...http://whatilearnd.com/post/40850180http://whatilearnd.com/post/40850180Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:15:00 -0400“I write saying, ‘thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,’ and suddenly we have...http://whatilearnd.com/post/40773369http://whatilearnd.com/post/40773369Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:26:25 -0400““the most beautiful news of my life”” - Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt, on the...http://whatilearnd.com/post/40739929http://whatilearnd.com/post/40739929Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:10:00 -0400The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power: The Journal Report this week was all about nuclear. Two...http://whatilearnd.com/post/40717050http://whatilearnd.com/post/40717050Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:37:35 -0400The big blame game is really getting to be too much. 77% of Americans blame the government for high...http://whatilearnd.com/post/40627275http://whatilearnd.com/post/40627275Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:07:00 -0400