Most of us have a general idea of how we learn best. Some might retain information better by listening or taking notes, while others may prefer being hands-on with the topic or looking at tables and diagrams. When it comes down to it, there’s no one size fits all.
Today, visual learners are in luck because we’re looking at a subreddit called “Infographics,” a collection of data visualizations in various forms, like bar charts and heat maps. Full of colors and creative imagery, they’re both educational and fun. Scroll down to find the best ones that might change the way you see the world.
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The date format is worse in Canada because it is supposed to be day/month/year but because of how much we trade with the US, you'll see a combination of the 2 formats being used. So fun trying to guess the date for the 1st-12th of the month
The UK still uses an odd combination of metric and imperial. Most of us will give our weight in stones and our height in feet. Distance is in miles, unless you're running, in which case it's kilometres. Liquids are measured in millimetres unless it's milk or beer, in which case it's pints.
Very true, I know my height in feet and inches, my weight in Kilos..
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Not quite "arbitrary" Zero degrees Fahrenheit was chosen because it was the freezing point of a saturated salt brine solution, and 100F was chosen because it was human body temperature. Of course human body temperature is 98.6F but the instruments they had at the time were very poor and inaccurate.
Here in Celsius 0° is the freezing point of normal water. And 100° is the boiling point.
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I hope you've had time to read the book before it burnt, one of the best I've ever read
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We should have switched to the metric system long ago. It would make things so much easier.
To be fair, the farenheit scale isn't totally random: The 18th-century physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit originally took as the zero of his scale the temperature of an equal ice-salt mixture and selected the values of 30° and 90° for the freezing point of water and normal body temperature
The USA isn't the only country to use these measurements, they have Liberia and Myanmar keeping them company.
Not quite. If I remember correctly Liberia and Myanmar use the Imperial system, but the U.S. uses it's own special flavor known as the U.S. Customary system.
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Year month day is the actual format that makes the most sense. It's eminently sortable it's very easy to tell what comes before something else and it really is The Logical way
Listen, Fahrenheit was based on how humans feel while Celsius was based on how water feels.
This becomes confusing and dangerous when in a Medical Situation when they rely on an Accurate date for treatment and medication. You get something like 1/2/24 Now is that January or February. Taken the Australian way of writing, that date is the 1st February 2024, There are a number of Medical Doctors and Nurses in the system, where this date is the 2nd of January 2024, This can be disastrous for future Medical Treatment.
USA was full of fat, old white men, who wanted to be “ cool “ in their time, so went with something other than the metric system. Fuc* them! In medical profession, guess what we mainly use?? That’s right… the metric system, and the old drams and that stuff. No, they don’t feel they can take it back and be even more cool by doing metric! Kids would love learning that! Much easier!
We live in Australia but for some reason my FIL who served during WW2 has his DOB listed as 06/03/1918 yet his proper DOB is 03/06/1918. So thinking somehow Americans were involved in paperwork for the Air force.
My cheap LCD clock shows the temp in Celsius or Fahrenheit (switchable), and also the date. However the date is NOT switchable and is in MM/DD format, so it is only correct 12 times a year. I taped over it because it was so confusing (is 12:31 the date or the time?). Many credits to Oregon Scientific, because their weather monitor allows for either USA, OR 'rest of the world' units. I am in Australia, and we changed over to metric in the 1970s; so MUCH simpler!
I say 14th February 2024 so I write it the logical way. NATO standard is 14 Feb 24 to avoid confusion between those who use the correct format and those that put the month first.
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Fahrenheit makes a lot of sense when you learn it was created for measuring water temperature for sailors on the sea for nautical safety and navigation. And because the british empire was sea based, the Brits and therefore the former British Colonies (the US being the last one still using it) used at the time that system. Also understanding a Mile, there is a measurement from Antiquity called a Mil which when using based on the paces of a soldier marching for a 20 min period, and that is where it comes from. The day format comes from old British where when written out they would write "February the 14th in the year 2024", and when written out numerical would be 2/14/2024, and we kept that system.
1) Fahrenheit also doesn't make sense in nautical setting, since it's based on the melting temperature of a mix of ammonia salt and ice (nothing that is easily at hand while seagoing) and on the temperature of "a sane person", that is not a constant and varies quite a bit. 2) A mile comes from the latin "milium/milia", meaning "a thousand". It was used as a measure of distance as in "a thousand steps". Nothing to do with time. 3) the way of reporting dates you cite is just one of three formats that were concurrently commonly in use after the X century, and the only one inverting the day and month.
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The USA didn't invent their system, it was brought there by immigrants.
To be fair, Farenheit is not when water freezes, that's what you based Celsius on, we didn't. The rest...? ...Yeah, I agree...
I think the best date format is year/month/day. If you sort a bunch of files by name, and they are named that way, you'll get them in date order. Any other way, and you won't get them in date order when sorting (if you're not using a date field to sort by).
fahrenheit makes sense in some aspects, especially for air and body temp
There are many varieties of bananas so there needs to be a standard banana cultivar selected for consistency of scale when used to compare the size of an object with that of the standard banana. However, in practice a "banana for scale" is used as a visual reference that approximates the size of an object because the dimensions of said object are usually unknown.
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Does your clock say minutes, seconds, hours? No, it goes largest to smallest. So why doesn't the calendar?
If i give you a paper calendar and tell you to find July 22, which do you do first: look for 22, or look for July?
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I love the metric system, but why didn't anyone fix time while they were at it? Still, it was lucky that a day worked out to be exactly 24 hours. (sarcasm)
That wasn't lucky at all. If it was 25 hours we'd be able to sleep in longer.
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It should actually be year-month-day. Things that change more frequently should come after those that don't. It's the same logic we use when counting and it sorts better in a list. When I program, I don't make versions, I simply use the date and time: version 2024.02.15.1155.
Dates are easiest to sort in YEAR-MONTH-DAY format: 2024-02-14, for example. So when I have files that are saved by date that's how I enter them so they can be sorted easily.
and what they call football is actually hand-egg
Load More Replies... The US also uses (American) football fields and Olympic swimming pools to describe the size of various things.
One football field = 100 yards, or 300 feet. People have been using playing fields to measure distances since the ancient Romans, with their stadia.
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At least US dates sort correctly if they're all in the same year. Your "better" system is the option that sorts the absolute worst. Year-Month-Day is the only good option and anyone who uses it can measure in roods or Toyotas per football field for all I care.
Infographics are a creative way to display data that breaks up complex information into bite-sized pieces. For this reason, it can be a great learning tool in education.
For one, such visualization can hold a person’s attention for longer. As people are exposed to more and more information every day, it’s hard to keep them focused and prevent them from quickly moving on to the next shiny piece of statistics.
Just for us to imagine how distracting it can get, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data were created daily in 2021, according to The Next Tech. Therefore, infographics can help by taking an overwhelming amount of facts and presenting them with engaging images and colors.
Best Kind Of Street Lamps
The Deadliest Hunters On Land (Based On Successful Kill Percentage)
The Current Us Healthcare System vs. A Single Payer System
Yeah we have a terrible system and its not likely to change anytime soon.
Besides, most people process visual material much faster and tend to recall it better.
Neuroscientists from MIT found that the brain analyzes an image in 13 milliseconds, making these visuals a great learning aid. Our mind also tends to attach emotion to pictures, which explains why the average person remembers 65% of visual information ten days later, while they can recall only 10% of something they heard ten days ago.
Furthermore, they often prove effective in education because they use images to highlight, explain, or enhance text-based information, which also encourages data retention for many learners.
15 Famous Cats In The History Of Mankind
Poor Oscar "Unsinkable Sam" must have wondered why they kept bringing him back onto boats!
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In addition, these visuals can be applied for a variety of uses. They are ideal for foregrounding important events in a historical period. They help us understand how certain occurrences interconnect and influence each other and how they have affected the world.
By using infographics, number-heavy statistics can be made more interesting, and adding diagrams and short text makes them easier to process and remember.
Everything Owned By Nestle
Guide To Different Types Of Forks
Like Rose told Jack in Titanic, "Just start from the outside and work your way in".
The Best Company Name Changes
Teachers can also use them as assignments for homework. Giving students a long text and letting them transform it into something more appealing provides them with the opportunity to be more creative and shakes up the ordinary routine.
While doing it, they also conduct research and try different applications of information. As a result, learners demonstrate critical thinking by filtering data, identifying patterns, and presenting carefully curated projects.
Batmobile, From 1966 To 2016
Highest Ocean Plastic Waste Polluters
History Of Rising Temperature
If it so happens that children are only taught through lectures or text, teachers are neglecting 65% of visual learners, and they miss the opportunity to increase retention rates, which are essential in the assessment strategies of schools.
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The Highest-Grossing Biopics Of All Time
Even though infographics might seem intimidating, there are plenty of tools online that can be helpful, such as Infogram, Canva, Easelly, and Edraw.
Their designers advise having an outline before starting the creative process. Try to decide which points are essential. Then, you can move on to ensuring that the readers are guided through the visuals and that the story you’re telling is coherent and has a gradual ending.
The Most Popular Car Colors In The Us
The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2023
Hey! Elvis isn't dead! He's retired and living the quiet life in Erie, Indiana.
Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi Revenue [oc]
![Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi Revenue [oc]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/65cb14f79c1fc_0ubop32cakyb1__700.jpg "Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi Revenue [oc]")
This is across all brands though and Pepsi has a ton of brands that aren't Pepsi. Not just beverages like Mtn. Dew and Gatorade, but they own DORITOS and Frito Lay. They own Rice-A-Roni and Quaker Oats. They are a massive food conglomerate.
As for the aesthetic part, a step in the right direction would be choosing the right fonts. Two are more than enough – one for the title and one for the body text. A more fun and decorative one can be used for the header, while the remaining information can be formatted with a simpler one so it’s easily readable. The typeface should also reflect the topic. Storytelling that’s more youthful and entertaining deserves a font that portrays this.
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World Economy
Popular Names That Died Off On The Us
Evolution Of Helmet Design
The implication seems to be that the helmet was invented in 600 CE. Did the Romans and Greeks wear tam-o'-shanters into battle, then?
The same goes for colors – try to keep them visually appealing and stick with three or four that work well together. Finally, the goal with these visual aids is to portray data in a simple way, so don’t overcrowd it. Leave plenty of space between images and statistics, and use as little text as possible.
The World’s 15 Most Popular Cocktails
The Busiest Airports In 2023
I remember when O'Hare was busiest in the world. Doesn't seem that long ago.
Cities With The Most Millionaires In The World
The Best-Selling Mobile Phones Of All Time
Good to see the old Nokia bricks still at the top of the list.
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Why, why, why doesn't BP do more of these type of posting and a whole lot less of the Gossip column nonsense.
Presumably because the gossip ones are a better return on investment
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The ones I could read were really interesting! The other ones were too blurry for me to see well on the app, even after I pulled up the images to zoom in.
Why, why, why doesn't BP do more of these type of posting and a whole lot less of the Gossip column nonsense.
Presumably because the gossip ones are a better return on investment
Load More Replies... The ones I could read were really interesting! The other ones were too blurry for me to see well on the app, even after I pulled up the images to zoom in.
