Since its debut in 1979, the Happy Meal has been a staple of childhood. It's not been without its problems, though, as nutrition-conscious parents and health-promoting legislation have worked to keep McDonald's kids' mea...

Heather McDougal talked to 5th and 6th graders about how the ideal body image of women has changed over time, from the corsets of 100 years ago to the Photoshopped images of today. And the modern altered bodies and alter...

This chart from Jorge Cham of PhD Comics is more relevant than ever. However, I've heard that it only applies to Americans. Link -via Chart Porn...

(YouTube link) Sam Klemke videotaped himself every year for 35 years, clips of which are presented backwards, so you can watch him watch him grow (or shrink, rather) into a 20-year-old wearing bell bottoms and platf...

Since humans were able to conceive of the concept of time they have wanted to know the future. And with the advent of Google we have come even more expectant of having any and all information at our fingertips. Have you...

Recent anti-government protests in the Middle East vary immensely regarding how much news gets to international audiences, and we can find it hard to keep up with developments in so many different areas. The successful r...

Rob Cockerham constructed a chart of TV shows that were set in a time period other than the one they were produced in. This may be especially useful for young people who weren't watching at the time, like my children, wh...

What happens to all of your digital web accounts...  ...a passed love one, called the Timecard: This is a timeline viewer, meant to represent someone’s life,...

The nifty hand-drawn graph above is Christopher No...  ...above is Christopher Nolan's graph detailing the timeline of Inception. If you don't understand it, you're...

You see here only a small portion of a much la...  ...small portion of a much larger graphic showing a timeline , or maybe a family tree, of famous LOLcats we all...