How Many Laws Are There?

http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2013/03/frequent-reference-question-how-many-federal-laws-are-there/

Map: Most Distinctive Industry in Each State

http://www.businessinsider.com/state-industry-location-quotient-map-2014-5

What Should the World's Priorities Be?

By summer diplomats are expected to produce a finished list of 10 or so goals, to be anointed by the United Nations General Assembly next year as the Sustainable Development Goals, intended to be a focus on global attention and resources over the following 15 years.  They are meant to succeed the 8 Millennium Development Goals the UN set in 2000.

Sex Trafficking Industry is Hugely Profitable

"The annual profit margin on each women is about 70%.  Highly successful companies such as Google have a profit margin of around 22%," says Nick Grono, CEO of Freedom Fund.

The Easiest & Most Difficult Languages for English Speakers to Learn

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-hardest-languages-to-learn-2014-5

History of the Global Economy Since 1,000,000 BC

http://www.businessinsider.com/world-gdp-since-one-million-bc-2014-5

Best Idea Ever? 5-Minute University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00GPvns31U

Map: Most Selective Colleges in Each State

http://www.businessinsider.com/selective-college-state-map-2014-5

Global Poll on Anti-Semitism

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304655304579551974194329920

Map: Every Country's Highest Valued Export

http://www.businessinsider.com/every-countrys-highest-valued-export-2014-5

Should the US Turn to Canada for Help?

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/why-canada-is-prospering-and-america-isn-t-150359533.html

Heat and Violence

http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/10/1/33.abstract

Map: Shale Deposits

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-shale-deposits-2014-5#!JwFSs

Hook-Up Truck

The food truck of sex...
http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/05/01/hook-up-truck-rolls-out-in-bay-area/

Reminder of How Vulnerable Humans Are

And how vulnerable Earth is...

Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2000 and 2013, a new report reveals. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html#sthash.zbzOwvcf.dpuf

"Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth's atmosphere between 2000 and 2013."

Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2000 and 2013, a new report reveals. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html#sthash.zbzOwvcf.dpuf

Asteroids caused 26 nuclear-scale explosions in the Earth’s atmosphere between 2000 and 2013, a new report reveals. - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html#sthash.zbzOwvcf.dpuf

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/05/department-of-ho-hum.html

Three is the Right Number for Persuasion

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/fashion/Three-Persuasion-The-Power-of-Three.html

What Restaurants do Liberals and Conservatives Favor?

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/05/02/liberals-eat-here-conservatives-eat-there/

How Not to be Misled by the Jobs Report

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/upshot/how-not-to-be-misled-by-the-jobs-report.html

Should GPI Replace GDP?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_progress_indicator

Why the Rich Now Have Less Leisure Time Than the Poor

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21600989-why-rich-now-have-less-leisure-poor-nice-work-if-you-can-get-out?fsrc=nlw|hig|4-16-2014|8329786|36582858|

How Much Money You Have to Make to be in the 1%

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-income-you-need-to-be-in-the-1-2014-5#!IPoX8

9 Basics of American Commerce

http://www.businessinsider.com/basic-facts-about-the-american-economy-2014-5