Another one to classify under 'The Internet's capacity to make the boring fascinating' is this visualisation of ye olde shipping routes.

Ever wondered exactly how many people claim Zoroastrian as their religious denomination? Wonder no more.

Once upon a time, in a place pretty far away, there was a forest where the screwy old trees grew sideways.

This new doco paints a fascinating portrait of the major players in the independent gaming movement - an array of developers pushing at the outer limits of what we consider to be 'video games'.