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Mar 27, 2011 / Category : StrangeNews / 35 Comments Ever wondered how your peniz or breast size compares to the rest of the world?

Maps They Didn't Teach You In School

Which countries smile and which countries don't? How smart are your fellow countrymen compared to the other nations? And nobody taught you that in school? Well, we collected a list of offbeat and fun maps from Target Map that will answer your questions! Alcohol Consumption Worldwide This Map shows the world's alcohol consumption in 2003. The Breast Cup Size Worldwide Data from Drugs Country Status World Map of Happiness Quantifying happiness isn't an easy task. World Map of National IQ Scores The intelligence scores came from work carried out earlier this decade by Richard Lynn, a British psychologist, and Tatu Vanhanen, a Finnish political scientist, who analysed IQ studies from 113 countries, and from subsequent work by Jelte Wicherts, a Dutch psychologist.

Nuclear Power Plants Worldwide Data from Olympic Gold Medals. Ground Zero II. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city?

Ground Zero II

With Google's Maps framework and a bit of Javascript, you can see the outcome. And it doesn't look good. Now with Nuclear Fallout, Wind and Pressure Just what you need to be safe in these turbulent times: enter the address of that boss, teacher, colleague or loved one; select a weapon and a damage map mode. By clicking repeatedly on "Fallout" you can change the wind direction at the moment of the explosion.

Where's the older version? Copy and paste the following to mashup the Ground Zero II script into your own website or blog: A ZIP archive with the source code can be found here. Science Caveat The damage caused by a nuclear explosion is affected by a multitude of variables, and some of these require powerful super-computers to be simulated properly. Fallout shows the possible dispersion of radioactive isotopes after six hours of the explosion, assuming a constant gentle breeze. Project: 200903A. Colours In Cultures. Obesity_2001.gif (GIF Image, 400x345 pixels)

A Mixed Decade for Same-Sex Marriage - GOOD Blog. Global Incident Map Displaying Outbreaks Of All Varieties Of Diseases. USA Suicide. Incident1 - National Maps of Police, Fire, 911, and Emergency Incidents. Catch The News On A World Map With These 7 Map-Based News Aggregators. Just check out all the news apps we have covered over the years; with the sheer number of apps you don’t have an excuse anymore to remain unknowing.

Catch The News On A World Map With These 7 Map-Based News Aggregators

So, where do map based news aggregators fit in? Map based news aggregators’ present news as a cluster on an online map. One advantage is that you can see newsworthy locations at a glance. The second is that map and news mashup tools allow you to quickly narrow down to the local news of any place you are interested in. So, let’s go around with these map based news apps and see some headlines around the world. Mapeas Mapeas brings video news and puts it on a Google Map. Clicking on a marker pops up a box with a news brief and a video thumbnail. Buzztracker Buzztracker is a more “˜diagnostic’ tool because it allows you to see the relationships between major happenings around the world. Cities which get higher news coverage get larger circles. NewsWorldMap. WORLD HEALTH RANKINGS. Access more than 36,000 Country Health correlations with this powerful comparison tool that let's you create side by side comparisons between any two countries in the world.

WORLD HEALTH RANKINGS

Simply select a country from the list below to visit that country's page, we have selected a default comparison for you. Use the scrolling lists menu to select which country you want to compare it to or choose a new country. The tool will do the calculations for you and deliver the results instantly. Compare the Top 10 causes of death and see which country comes out on top.