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Disalmanac's Best Charts of the Past Month (PICTURES)

Scott Bateman | Posted 04.29.2013 | Comedy
Scott Bateman

The Disalmanac Tumblr is the web home for charts packed with fact-like facts! Here are a few of the best from the past month or so.

Sideboob or Not Sideboob?

The Soup | Posted 04.05.2013 | Comedy
The Soup

We've clearly gotten way too casual as a nation about our definition of what does and does not constitute sideboob. To help, we compiled a chart of the different kinds of boob potentially visible in celebrity photos.

Obama Poll Watch -- March, 2013

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

President Obama lost almost all the ground he had gained late in the 2012 election season. He hit a new low in approval and a new high in disapproval for his second term, as the honeymoon bounce completely evaporated.

That's Not How Fractions Work

Posted 03.14.2013 | Comedy

And apparently 0% goes to the graphics department. Thanks to Redditor anona_Mouse for spotting this one. ...

How You REALLY Spend Your Time On Facebook

Posted 03.05.2013 | Comedy

Sure, sites like Facebook may be called social networks, but we all know you're on there to see who's paying attention to you. PICTURE: Via...

Obama Poll Watch -- December, 2012

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Obama is currently enjoying not only a vacation with his family in Hawai'i, but also a "second honeymoon" with the public at large. If history is any guide, the fiscal cliff deal could create another wave of approval on top of the "second honeymoon."

The 23 Funniest Pop Culture Charts

Posted 01.03.2013 | Comedy

Anyone out there who says math isn't fun obviously hasn't heard of the pop culture chart yet. Whether it's a Venn Diagram, a bar graph, or just you...

CHART: The Taxonomy Of Sh*t

Posted 10.08.2012 | Comedy

This chart by illustrator Stephen Wildish should be shot into space so extraterrestrial life really gets us before they come here. Click image to ...

Why You Aren't Getting Anything Done

Posted 09.17.2012 | Comedy

It's no secret that getting stuff accomplished can be easier said than done, especially on a Monday. But what's standing in our way? What's keeping...

Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2012 | Politics
Chris Weigant

This month Obama poll watchers got some good news, and some bad news. This was capped off by the Washington punditocracy making a stupid comparison between polling for Obama and Carter.

Jason Linkins

Business Insider Uses Charts To Elucidate Precisely Why There Is An 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.12.2011 | Media

I daresay that after having to negotiate the piffle-marm from the editors of the New Republic, this piece from Henry Blodget over at Business Insider,...

Obama Poll Watch -- June, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.05.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

[Program Note: Last month, we ran this column four days before the end of May, due to travel plans. We promised we'd update the preliminary numbers i...

CHART: How Tracy Morgan Can Make Things Right

Posted 08.15.2011 | Comedy

When an audience member at one of Tracy Morgan's recent stand-up shows took to Facebook to say he went on a terrible, homophobic rant, some people did...

Obama Poll Watch -- May, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.27.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

"What a difference a death makes." President Obama announced at the very beginning of the month that Osama bin Laden was dead, and his poll numbers reacted almost immediately.

Chart: U.S. Debt Ceiling Explained

Posted 07.26.2011 | Politics

Congress, the White House and various political onlookers have been debating the seriousness of the U.S. debt ceiling and outlining different scenario...

Obama Poll Watch -- April 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.04.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

April was a pretty miserable month for Barack Obama, mostly due to the high price of gasoline at the pump. But May is already shaping up to be one of Obama's best months ever, for one very obvious reason.

Obama Poll Watch -- March, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.04.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

While catastrophic world events dominated the news for most of the month, Obama's approval rating was being hit with a creeping domestic problem -- the rising price of gasoline.

Obama Poll Watch -- January, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

When taken month-to-month, January, 2011, was Obama's best month of his entire presidency. Not only did he finally get his bump -- but it was a truly significant bump.

Who Gives The Best Info? A Short History Of Information Design

Paula Scher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Paula Scher

Last month, FAST COMPANY magazine published the best info-graphics of the year from their design blog. The choice was derived from FC's own postings o...

Obama Poll Watch -- December, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Obama once again charted an unbelievably stable month in terms of approval ratings. The mildly good news was in his disapproval rating, which dropped significantly over the course of December.

Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Obama just had his most stable month ever in the public opinion polls, capping off a remarkable year of polling stability. Were you to just read the headlines or listen to the soundbites, you may have a different impression.

Nine Ways Your Corporate Marketing Blog Can Fail

Tom Johansmeyer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Tom Johansmeyer

There's no shortage of discussion around how corporate blogging and social media can help your company; most of it is high-level. Listen to the gurus ...

Obama Poll Watch -- October 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Obama's approval rating ended the month on somewhat of an upswing, at 46.1 percent.Obama's approval rating stayed remarkably steady all month long.

Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Last month I rashly wrote that since Obama was starting the month on an upswing, he had a good chance of posting largish gains in September. This didn't happen.

Obama Poll Watch -- July, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

July had some political successes for Obama, but the public once again didn't give him any credit for passing Wall Street reform, or any of the other achievements Obama chalked up.