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"...an entire century's worth of war casualties -- 38 million deaths over 25 conflicts ... festoon a cute kitchen with liters and liters of blood: one liter for every million deaths, to be exact. "

The Death Of Bees Explained - Parasites, Poison and Humans

Excellent infographic and list of what a Teacher Librarian does.

Information and real life story about the "choking game". Be aware and protect our youth from injury and/or death while under the assumption of "getting high".

This constantly updated world clock will give you statistics on world population, number of deaths, illness and injury incidences, the environment and natural resources, energy sources, US crimes and punishments, food production and animal slaughter and more.

Nice interactive that shows you how countries compare relative to many features and statistics. Can be done with world as whole, US or Japan. Includes such things as population, religion, causes of death, health, education, and more.

An article looking at where the sales of books is heading, and what it means for authors as well as consumers.

the habit of reading does as much, if not more, than Direct Instruction and the rigorous demands of the Common Core. All without boring kids to death or persuading them that they're dumb.

Artist Long-Bin Chen carves sculptures from piles of discarded books.