How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
Cause I’d already know
– More Than Words, Extreme
Human beings speak between 7,000 to 20,000 words per day. Despite this, there are still an incredible number of things on earth that still cannot be explained by words alone – not as well as images could, in any case.
Take colors, for instance. How would you explain the color “orange” in words? You might be able to describe its attributes: bright, warm, and vibrant. But that could easily describe yellow. Or red.
Or consider emotions. How does one express a happy smile in words? Today, we use emojis and emoticons to convey such facial expressions. The “Face with Tears of Joy” emoji even became the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015:
(Emojis are being used at an alarming rate across the globe. Check out the numbers in real-time here.)
Simply put, visuals are often far better at communicating certain things than words ever could. Complicated processes in particular benefit greatly from being visualized.
Here are 50 of the most insightful infographics we could find that shine a light on things that would likely be difficult to understand otherwise.
1. How 5 Different Creatures Flap Their Wings
2. Inside Musk’s Hyperloop
3. An Illustrated Guide to The Biggest Dragons in Fantasy
4. Dining Etiquette Around The World
5. A Perspective on Time
6. Effects of High Heels on Body
7. You Have The Right to Stay Out of Jail
8. Coffee vs. Beer: Which Drink Makes You More Creative?
9. The History of The Political Parties
10. The Reality of Optical Illusions
11. How Much do Music Artists Earn Online?
12. 7 Disruptive Innovations That Turned Their Markets Upside Down
13. Kowloon Walled City: Life in the City of Darkness
14. You Are Worth More Dead Than Alive
15. Hitchhiker’s Guide to Google’s Assets
16. Tree of Life
17. The True Size of Africa
17. How Common is Your Birthday
18. The History of Cultural Migration, Mapped
19. The World’s Most Costly Engineering Mistakes
20. Apocalypse When? Infographic Guide to Doomsday Threats
21. A History of The United States Congress Partisan And Ideological Makeup
22. Spiralling Out of Control: Plastic Buildup in Our Oceans
23. The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People
24. How Music Affects Your Driving
25. This is Your Body in Love
26. Cost of Owning a Pet
27. US Education vs. The World: Education Spending And Performance in Twelve Countries
28. What Are The Odds?
29. Weight of The World
30. Are You Vitamin D Deficient?
31. Living Costs Around The World
32. From Kennedy to Obama: The Dream of Manned Space Exploration
33. The 10 Commandments of Typography
34. The Almighty Dollar: Mapping Distribution of Income by Religious Belief
35. Behind The Internet Curtain: How Information Travels From Your Computer to The Data Centers
36. Men’s Dress Codes Made Simple
37. Curious Customs From Dinner Tables Around The World
38. The Spark of Invention
39. Global Carbon Footprint by Nation
40. Travel Hacks
41. Left vs. Right Brain
42. The Psychology of Handwriting
43. History of Life as We Know it
44. Fifty Years of Exploration
45. The Tallest Buildings of The Last 5000 Years Charted
46. The D-Day
47. No More Fish in The Sea
48. The Sleep Schedules of 27 of History’s Greatest Minds
49. The World’s Best Dogs, According To Math
50. The Four Kinds of Dog
Are there any insightful or enlightening infographics we might have missed it? Let us know in the comments below!
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