As anyone who has had to take a statistics course can attest, graphs (and by extension Excel) can be used to justify just about anything. Statistics can be twisted and skewed to show just about any desired result. Of course, if you want to give honest statistics, there are measurements that can be used to show how significant any given result really is. Those trying to lie through statistics, of course, don’t want you to know the “result” is insignificant and not real. Those skilled at misleading statistics can get pretty good about making their statistics look “real.” Some, it seems, lack any sort of finesse and just hope you’ll be too in awe of their graph to ask any questions: Thank you FoxNews.com.

*I know the word “bad” isn’t usually used here. Children could be looking so… give me a break.

Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the moon (and then went for a bit of a walk). Thanks to a “live” feed from NASA and the JFK memorial library, you can listen to the audio between Apollo 11 and mission control here: http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/

Other random tid-bits about the moon landing can be found here.

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