Image of the Day: The Stowell Timber
Stowell Timber “Wide Mouth”
Map of the Day: The British Empire Was Almost the Size of the Moon
With a landmass of roughly 355 million square kilometers, the British Empire was essentially the size of the moon and twice the size of Pluto
Taps Coogan: My Favorite Charts of 2018
All of the US budget surpluses combined in the last 179 years amount to $580 billion, less than the deficit in 2017 alone ($665 billion)
Think You’re Middle Class? Find Out
Household size is a major determiner of status in the lower, middle and upper classes
Image of the Day: Cincinnati’s Old Main Library
Sadly demolished in 1955
Taps Coogan: A Bullish Case for Stocks
The recent 19% selloff in the Dow was the sharpest since 1987 to occur when the economy was not in a multi-year bear market or recession
Map of the Day: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire
The following video details the changing borders of the Japanese Empire every month until the end of World War II
Image of the Day: Chinese Finger Trap
Via the great cartoonist Michael P. Rameriz
Taps Coogan: Investors Suffering from Collective Amnesia
The combined balance sheet of the four major global central banks stopped expanding in October of this year
Map of the Day: The Rise and Fall of the Huns
While Attila the Hun, the so-called ‘Scourge of God,’ is the most famous Hun leader, he was actually one of the last in a string of successful rulers that conquered much of Central Europe