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Hans Rosling says there's nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it. A one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcast by BBC, 2010.

Stats about college graduation rates by state. A ton of information...haven't had the time to determine how accurate it is yet or their POV

A couple of infographic résumé sites, vizualize.me and re.vu, sprouted up that use your LinkedIn data to show your career stats. Just create an account, connect it to LinkedIn, and you get some graphs that show when and where you worked. It's a visual form of your LinkedIn profile with a goal to replace the "old" and "boring" résumé that uses just text.

"Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? More or Less tries to make sense of the statistics which surround us. A half-hour programme broadcast at 1330 on Friday afternoons and repeated at 2000 on Sundays on Radio 4."

podcast or downloadable file

DAYTUM HELPS YOU COLLECT, CATEGORIZE AND COMMUNICATE YOUR EVERYDAY DATA.

"DAYTUM HELPS YOU COLLECT, CATEGORIZE AND COMMUNICATE YOUR EVERYDAY DATA."

Most study sites let you create study lists and flash cards, then they just send you back through the same pile over and over again. Headmagnet actually tracks what you're recalling and what you're not and tweaks your study routines to help you recall the things you're forgetting. In addition to tracking your scores to tweak your flash card stacks, Headmagnet lets you view the stats yourself. You can check out how well you're doing, how frequently you've been studying, and crunch the numbers to see if your study time is paying off. Description from lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5489724/headmagnet-generates-intelligent-flash-cards

I think you might learn more from creating the test than taking it but still useful

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.