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Numbers and facts can be difficult to comprehend when they're merely symbols on the screen. However, data becomes much more evident once it is visualized.
The subreddit r/CooolGuides is an excellent example of this axiom. Its 5.9 million members share charts, diagrams, maps, and other thought-provoking pictures on sports, travel, history, and virtually every subject you can imagine.
We at Bored Panda love them and have already covered the online community numerous times, but they've made so many interesting posts since the last one that we just had to put together a new collection of our recent favorites.
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#1
A Cool Guide To Raise Awareness About Opossum
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#2
A Cool Guide To Pop vs. Actual Psychology
There's a study from 2023 that shows how effective visuals can be. Researchers Amjaad Mansour Alwadei and Mohammed Ali Mohsen conducted a 10-week experiment involving 41 Arab college students learning English.
The students were divided into two groups: one learned vocabulary through traditional methods, while the other used infographics tailored to their course material. These infographics transformed standard vocabulary lessons into engaging visual narratives, making complex words more accessible and memorable.
The results were striking: students who used infographics performed better in both recognizing and using new vocabulary, not just immediately after the lessons, but even weeks later. They also reported finding the visual approach more engaging and helpful compared to traditional methods.
#3
A Cool Guide On Hand Signs For Loud Bars
Donkeywheel 2 weeks ago
The last sign is the universal sign for « everything is ok » in any loud environment (flying, skydiving, ground operations) or when speaking is hard or impossible (diving, climbing). It’s completely dumb to use it for signaling a danger.
#4
A Cool Guide To Improving Your Vocabulary
#5
A Cool Guide To Composition Examples
Psychologist Haig Kouyoumdjian, Ph.D., says, "Words are abstract and rather difficult for the brain to retain, whereas visuals are concrete and, as such, more easily remembered."
To illustrate, he suggests a similar scenario to that in the aforementioned study, only with a more exciting twist. "Think about your past school days of having to learn a set of new vocabulary words each week. Now, think back to the first kiss you had or your high school prom date."
"Most probably, you had to put forth great effort to remember the vocabulary words. In contrast, when you were actually having your first kiss or your prom date, I bet you weren't trying to commit them to memory. Yet, you can quickly and effortlessly visualize these experiences (now, even years later). You can thank your brain’s amazing visual processor for your ability to easily remember life experiences. Your brain memorized these events for you automatically and without you even realizing what it was doing," the psychologist explains.
#6
A Cool Guide To Light Pollution
Lost Panda 2 weeks ago
I wish they'd do something about the light pollution around me. It bleeds from the nearby town/cities, so right off the lake and I still can't get a nice starry sky.
#7
A Cool Guide On Making Your Employee Stay In Your Company
#8
A Cool Guide Of How Depression Brainwashes You
#9
A Cool Guide To The Do’s And Don’ts When Visiting Germany
According to Kouyoumdjian (and as we can see from this list), "Various types of visuals can be effective learning tools: photos, illustrations, icons, symbols, sketches, figures, and concept maps, to name only a few."
Just consider how memorable the visual graphics are in famous company logos! We instantly recognize the brand by seeing the visual graphic, even before reading the name.
#10
A Cool Guide To How Rich People Pay No Taxes
Ejteh 2 weeks ago
I don't like it. It's like rich people evade responsibility to give back, and help carry the weight of running a nice and stable country. All this weight lands on the back of 'normal' people, while the country deteriorates. There is no lack of money, money gets hoarded up in the wrong places.
#12
A Cool Guide To Causes Of Burnout
The psychologist believes visual learning is so powerful that he embraces it in his teaching and writing, too.
"Each page in the psychology textbooks I coauthor has been individually formatted to maximize visual learning. Each lecture slide I use in class is presented in a way to make the most of visual learning," Kouyoumdjian says.
#13
A Cool Guide On Certain Types Of Futurism In Fiction
#14
A Cool Guide To Popular Tourist Scams
#15
A Cool Guide To Dante's Inferno, Purgatory And Paradise
Lee Gilliland 2 weeks ago
Lucifer is supposed to be frozen waists deep in ice. Nobody reads the classics any more.
#16
A Cool Guide To Napping
Kouyoumdjian believes the right visuals can help make abstract and difficult concepts more tangible and welcoming, as well as make learning more effective and long-lasting. This is why he scrutinizes every visual he uses in his work—to make sure it is paired with content in a clear, meaningful manner.
#17
A Cool Guide How To Shovel Snow Off A Driveway Properly
#18
A Cool Guide To The Millennium Falcon Layout
#19
A Cool Guide To How Much Olympic Athletes Get Paid For Winning Medals 🥇🥈🥉
Christina Hvurchilova 2 weeks ago
Wow, a three room apartment is no joke! I'd rather have that than money, thanks!
#20
A Cool Guide To The Most Oddly Named Town In Each State
"Based upon research outcomes, the effective use of visuals can decrease learning time, improve comprehension, enhance retrieval, and increase retention. In addition, the many testimonials I hear from my students and readers weigh heavily in my mind as support for the benefits of learning through visuals," Kouyoumdjian concludes.
You can view this list as sort of a mini experiment as well. For example, think about how little time it took you to scroll through the pictures and the vast amount of information you gathered from them. Pretty effective means of communication, don't you think?
#21
A Cool Guide To Moments That Shaped The Internet
#22
A Cool Guide: This Is Pretty Cool From Visual Capitalist! The Biggest Employer In Each State Of The USA
#23
A Cool Guide To Top 25 Booze Loving Countries
#24
A Cool Guide To Pricing At Costco
James' Journeys 2 weeks ago
This chart is incorrect in the manager mark down aspect (.97). That is a corporate buyer markdown; $.88 is a GM markdown because their store needs to move that item immediately. Also, there's a # symbol that denotes an item's price had been changed by the buyer due to a code date about expired. Once those have been sold the price will go back to normal. An EPC on a sign denotes the warehouse GM or AGM marked the item down for a reason and corporate buying wasn't involved.
#25
A Cool Guide To How American Households Have Changed Over Time (1960-2023)
Wild Cream 2 weeks ago
Single no kids 😎 (except I have a bf, we just aren’t moving in together)
#26
A Cool Guide On Measuring Rice The Asian Style
#27
A Cool Guide To The Most Popular Grocery Store By State
Geoffrey Scott 2 weeks ago
Kinda sad that Meijer, in Michigan, which is Michigan based, is not listed. Go to for produce for sure.
#28
A Cool Guide About The Map Of The US States That Pays More Tax Than What They Receive From The Government, Courtesy Of Cgp Grey
FreeTheUnicorn 2 weeks ago
In general the get more out of the federal government are the ones moaning about people on welfare.
#29
A Cool Guide To Right Frame For Your Shape
#30
A Cool Guide To The Richest People In History (Adjusted For Inflation)
#31
A Cool Guide To Visually Understand The Underside Of Your Car
Uncle Panda 2 weeks ago (edited)
Step 1 - Determine if you are under the car on purpose. Step 2 - Scream or take time to look around?
#32
A Cool Guide To Knowing Who Is Spending The Most Money To Influence Us Politics In 2024
#33
A Cool Guide To The Most Reliable Car Brands
#34
A Cool Guide To 12 Brutal Career Thruts
Vincent Philippart 2 weeks ago
Number 7. is bullshirt. You do NOT need to feel bad to become good. Learning and growing feels amazing when it's happening in ideal conditions.
#35
A Cool Guide To Used Cars To Avoid
Roland Nijveld 2 weeks ago
And not a single Toyota on the list while it's one best selling brands in the US
#36
A Cool Guide Showing The Most Expensive Colleges And Universities In Every State
#37
A Cool Guide To Where You're Most Likely To Get A Speeding Ticket In The US
#38
A Cool Guide To Us States That Have A Rat Problem
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What do you think ?
JoNo 2 weeks ago
At least a dozen of these charts were US-centric, meaningless to the rest of the world.
CP 2 weeks ago
It seems like the US isn't meaningless to the rest of the world. Slowly Trump is making us that way, though.
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Nicola Roberts 2 weeks ago
Me too Isabela, I found them thought provoking and interesting. Even if they weren't about my town in South East England.
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Emilu 2 weeks ago (edited)
Surprised Tesla and Jeep made it that high on the reliability scale.
David 2 weeks ago
Well Jeep was at one time known as one of the most reliable, but then during the Daimler years, the Germans neglected the brand and quality plummeted. Under Stelantis, they have been improving again.
Load More Replies... JoNo 2 weeks ago
At least a dozen of these charts were US-centric, meaningless to the rest of the world.
CP 2 weeks ago
It seems like the US isn't meaningless to the rest of the world. Slowly Trump is making us that way, though.
Load More Replies... Nicola Roberts 2 weeks ago
Me too Isabela, I found them thought provoking and interesting. Even if they weren't about my town in South East England.
Load More Replies... Emilu 2 weeks ago (edited)
Surprised Tesla and Jeep made it that high on the reliability scale.
David 2 weeks ago
Well Jeep was at one time known as one of the most reliable, but then during the Daimler years, the Germans neglected the brand and quality plummeted. Under Stelantis, they have been improving again.
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