Culture Buzz Someone did the math, and Santa Claus is going to need some festive methamphetamines (“mirthamphetamines”) to keep up with this schedule. Methodology and caveats at The Atlantic.
Science Buzz BBC News has a fun little site that shows where you measure up in the world's population of 7 billion. Just enter in your birthdate and prepare to feel very, very small.
Gerard Depardieu is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Gerard Depardieu.
Culture Buzz Richmond “I heard there are actually a bunch of anarchists here” Virginia, for the win. (LKirchner via Rumpus)
I know you've all been waiting on the edge of your seats for the Census Bureau to calculate the new center of U.S. population! Here is the exciting result PLUS all the previous COPs since 1790. (via MoJo's Tumblr)
The world's population will hit the 7 billion mark this year. National Geographic gives some context to what that really means.
The population density of New York during the day, versus the population density at night. At night everyone scuttles back to their homes in Jersey and Brooklyn.