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Flashback: Playing Cards from Braniff Airlines
Braniff Airlines was an iconic carrier between 1928 and 1982, transporting a public hungry for travel. They primarily served up flights in the U.S. and South America and with their bold orange color...
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Visualizing the Egypt Influence Network
“Egypt is the crystal ball in which the Arab world sees its future,” says Kovas Boguta, creator of this infographic analyzing Twitter communication surrounding the unrest in Egypt. The map is arranged...
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The Language of Four Beautiful Cities
Filmed on location in London, Paris, Barcelona and Beijing, this quartet of beautifully produced commercials are almost too seductive to be considered ad material… but that makes them more perfect...
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How Language Transformed Humanity
In this captivating TED talk, biologist Mark Pagel expounds on his very intriguing theory of how and why the human species developed such a complex system of language, furthering and setting us apart...
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The Founders Dictionary: Key Words For Entrepreneurs
If you’ve ever hung out around Silicon Valley for a bit, you’ve probably overheard some interesting speak. It may have sounded business-esque in tone and delivery but were the words and their meanings...
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An Interactive Map of North American English Dialects
Because of the massive popularity of Hollywood movies, most people in the world (including Americans) assume that people in the US all sound like they’re from California, and in particular Southern...
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11 Words with No English Equivalent
Have you ever been wandering in the woods, alone, and longed for a word to describe the feeling? Now you have one: waldeinsamkeit. Ok, if you’re an English speaker that might not say a lot to you; but...
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After English and Spanish, What’s the Most Common Language in Your State?
Did you know German is the third most spoken language in Colorado, or that it’s Hmong in Minnesota? What’s the third most spoken language in your state? This map is too interesting. Yes, most people in...
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Is It “Crimson” Or “Sangria”? Consult The Color Thesaurus
Anyone who has purchased a can of house paint or a bottle of nail polish knows that there is more than one way to say “red.” To keep track of the various synonyms for common colors, author and artist...
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Can Cartoons Teach You a New Language?
Cartoons are an ancient art form, present throughout human existence—and in unique iterations throughout our lives. Their simplicity can communicate a story simply and powerfully, from the earliest...
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How Other Countries Say “When Pigs Fly” and Other Idioms
You’ve heard the idiom “when pigs fly” plenty of times, but do you know what they say in Spanish? You’d get the same message across by saying “when frogs grow hair.” That was news to me, and I love it....
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34 Films Show You How to Keep the Swear Jar Empty
Curse, cuss, swear, — however you say it, movies and TV can only get away with so much profanity before they get an adult rating. That’s just one reason media has often improvised on their dialogue,...
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