Every Lightsaber, Charted by Color

One thing you can say about Star Wars is that it brought us the coolest weapon ever in the laser sword they call a lightsaber. Both high-tech and medieval, it's perfect for hand to hand combat and for slicing your enemy in two. And they come in cool colors! Walt Hickey and Rachael Dottle researched all the lightsabers mentioned in both the Star Wars canon and the Expanded Universe and plotted them by how common the colors are. This chart made me want to see a turquoise lightsaber, but I was really curious about a black lightsaber. Read about the research that went into this chart at FiveThirtyEight. The links there are liable to send you down a Star Wars rabbit hole. -via Digg

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I think you mean possum and not opossum. There is a technically a difference if I recall correctly.

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OK, I'll take your word for it. I've spent my entire life being ridiculed for saying possum instead of opossum, so it's a breath of fresh air to be corrected in the other direction!

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LOL Miss C.

This is a great article.
They are soooo cute compared to the American continents version.

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Have you ever had a cuscus on your head?

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With the males being so confrontational when they come in contact with each other by barking & hissing and giving each other hell, I see how they got their name.

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@dooflotchie .. JACK HANNAH!! hahah

thanks again for featuring my article Miss C, promise I have many more great creatures up my sleeve!

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hahaha! what a brilliant creature!
I always find it interesting that you get these 'celebrity' species in the animal kingdom like lions and tigers, and there so many species that people have just never heard of.
thanks for sharing, she is beautiful!

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