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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
Unlikely Neighborhood Hero
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#2
Psychology Unpacked
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
Secret Clubbing Signals
Donkeywheel 7 months 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
Upgrade Your Adjectives
#5
Visual Playbook Basics
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
Shedding Light on Pollution
Lost Panda 7 months 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
What Really Keeps Them?
#8
Hidden Mind Tricks
#9
The Do’s and Don\'ts Shuffle
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
Tax Tricks Uncovered
Ejteh 7 months 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
Burnout Beyond The Clock
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
Tech Through The Ages
#14
Street Smarts 101
#15
Layers of Eternal Drama
Lee Gilliland 7 months ago
Lucifer is supposed to be frozen waists deep in ice. Nobody reads the classics any more.
#16
Nap Like a Pro
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
Snow Shoveling Made Simple
#18
Spaceship Secrets Uncovered
#19
Medal Money Matters
Christina Hvurchilova 7 months ago
Wow, a three room apartment is no joke! I'd rather have that than money, thanks!
#20
Geography Gets Weird
"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
Iconic Internet Milestones
#22
Walmart’s Coast-to-Coast Grip
#23
Top Booze Hotspots Revealed
Pernille 7 months ago
I'm not sure about Andorra. If the chart is made by looking at alcohol sold in shop it is skewed by the fact that all of Toulouse goes to Andorra to buy booze and cigarettes. And a lot of the alcohol sold in Danmark is to drunken Swedes;)
Borje Stromming 7 months ago
Yeah i was wondering why us swedes wasn’t on this list, a bunch of drunkards😅. We buy a lot of alcohol from both Denmark and Germany probably making them have a spot on this list.
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David Paterson 7 months ago (edited)
The real guide to booze-loving is not sales, it's acohol related deaths. Sales fails to account for illegal and home-brewed booze. Belarus is number 1 for alcohol related deaths, followed by Russia. The US is near the top. Ireland is in the bottom third.
Remi (He/Him) 7 months ago
The amount of booze Finns buy from Estonia absolutely affects their position on the chart
Michael Largey 7 months ago
Ireland is only in 15th place despite all my relatives there going above and beyond the call of duty.
Kat Alison 7 months ago
The U.S. has that undercurrent of puritanism. Remember, we had Prohibition. And we have a lot of members of religions with a no-alcohol rule, like Mormons and some Baptists.
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Lara Verne 7 months ago
Some good news: Alcoholism in the Czech Republic decreases. Bad news: Some idiots take it as personal attack when you tell them that you don't drink. You know, these spoiled millennials don't even drink beer like real men! Spoiled millennial women don't like men who drink!
Rich Black 7 months ago
It seems improbable that no latin American countries made this list. Check your data again . .
Kissy Nuggett 7 months ago
AMERICANS, WE GOTTA DO BETTER! * grabs keys to go buy liquor in wholesale bulk quantities*
Nosirrow 7 months ago
It really annoys me that in Poland hazel eyes are called beer-coloured. I just want mine to be called simply brown.
Kissy Nuggett 7 months ago
But.. hazel is a greenish gold color... *Confused in American*
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Russell Bowman 7 months ago
Moldova? Considering almost everyone under 30 has fled that country ... wow
Verena 7 months ago
I adopted a Tinker, born and raised the first 6 years in Ireland. Then got imported to the Netherlands and dumped at a rescue due to asthma. When she spots a beer bottle, she gets all thrilled and demands a swig. I have questions.
Kalikima 7 months ago
What's a tinker? Either option in my head, child or pet, is sad but I need to know what it is?
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Decoding Price Codes
James' Journeys 7 months 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
Living Arrangements Evolved
Wild Cream 7 months ago
Single no kids 😎 (except I have a bf, we just aren’t moving in together)
#26
Finger Tricks 101
#27
Grocery Wars Uncovered
Geoffrey Scott 7 months ago
Kinda sad that Meijer, in Michigan, which is Michigan based, is not listed. Go to for produce for sure.
#28
Who’s Winning the Money Game?
FreeTheUnicorn 7 months ago
In general the get more out of the federal government are the ones moaning about people on welfare.
#29
Frames That Fit Faces
#30
History’s Heaviest Wallets
#31
Underneath the Grit
Uncle Panda 7 months ago (edited)
Step 1 - Determine if you are under the car on purpose. Step 2 - Scream or take time to look around?
#32
Cash Talks Louder
#33
Ranking The Ride Quality
#34
Work Smarter, Not Harder
#35
Reliability Red Flags
Roland Nijveld 7 months ago
And not a single Toyota on the list while it's one best selling brands in the US
#36
Pricey Pursuits Across America
#37
Hidden Hotspots Revealed
#38
Only One’s Got Issues
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JoNo 7 months ago
At least a dozen of these charts were US-centric, meaningless to the rest of the world.
CP 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago (edited)
Surprised Tesla and Jeep made it that high on the reliability scale.
David 7 months 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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Phil Green 7 months ago
BoredPanda may well have just posted this as an infographic about the US.
CP 7 months ago
Because politics affects everything. Right now Trump is trying to erase information that ends up on lists like this. I wonder what is up with all the people not complaining.
Load More Replies... JoNo 7 months ago
At least a dozen of these charts were US-centric, meaningless to the rest of the world.
CP 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago (edited)
Surprised Tesla and Jeep made it that high on the reliability scale.
David 7 months 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... Phil Green 7 months ago
BoredPanda may well have just posted this as an infographic about the US.
CP 7 months ago
Because politics affects everything. Right now Trump is trying to erase information that ends up on lists like this. I wonder what is up with all the people not complaining.
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