For as long as I’ve been alive (FWIW I can remember the 1960s) Halloween has been synonymous with costumes, trick-or-treating, and excess candy consumption. The deleterious (there’s a nice big word – eh?) effects of said consumption include, upset stomachs, massive fluctuations in blood sugar levels with the attendant behavioral… Read more“Map Monday, Halloween candy, tooth decay & fluoride”
Tag: Maps
Map Monday, World War 1 Dog Propaganda
asMost people think of maps as directional aids or topographic representations of data, but they can also serve as propaganda tools. Today’s feature is a British propaganda map from very early in WW1. It was originally printed by Johnson & Riddle, the printers for maps of the London underground, and… Read more“Map Monday, World War 1 Dog Propaganda”
Map Monday, Just how big is the Pacific Ocean?
Everyone knows that the Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water on the Earth, but just how big is it? The precise answer is that the Pacific Ocean’s surface area is 165,250,000 square kilometers (or for readers in Burma, Liberia, and the US, 63,800,000 square miles). That’s just short… Read more“Map Monday, Just how big is the Pacific Ocean?”