A colleague recently asked how Houston, which is about 600 square miles, compared to Detroit in land area. The answer: It’s much larger. Here’s a map of other major cities, with proportional symbols representing square miles:
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Plotting 'Multicides'
Bill Marsh and other artists at The New York Times created this timeline of world atrocities over the centuries. Estimating the tolls from such horrors is an inexact science, given war’s nature and the … Continue reading → Read More
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