Ah, yes. The Cocktail Chart of Film & Literature from Pop Chart Lab, who have previously charted the varieties of coffee, the history of Apple, America’s bike lanes, the composition of classic cocktails, the wonders of serif fonts, Gotham’s villains, and the 64 guitars that defined rock history.

Serve with recipes form The Artists’ & Writers’ Cookbook.

19 emotions for which English has no words, in an infographic by design studen Pei-Ying Lin.

Among the most beautiful is toska.

English, meanwhile, has plenty of unusual words of its own.

Jarring visual timeline of America’s addiction problem. Pair with this 1951 animation on how different drugs work.

The history of the U.S. Civil War, in a beautiful timeline from 1897. Pair with Cartographies of Time.

This heartwarming infographic annual report from The New York Public Library shows that 18 million people visited the library’s 91 branches in 2012 – more people than ever before – turning to NYPL for such diverse needs as books, computer workshops, kids programs, job-search help, free English classes, and more.

NYPL is supported by patron donations – make yours here.

A breakdown of cat owners’s thoughts by Wendy MacNaughton.

Everything You Know by Wendy MacNaughton, from the spectacular Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology.

South vs North Korea, by the numbers.

The science of how your mind-wandering is robbing you of happiness.

Ah, yes: Flowcharting the book lover’s dilemma. Yes? Yes.

A demographic portrait of humanity if the world were 100 people. Best thing since Toby Ng’s World of 100 infographic posters.

A timeline of the One Ring, from an ambitious project visualizing Tolkien’s books. Best thing since Jack Kerouac visualized and The Beatles charted. 

Complement with Cartographies of Time – a visual history of the timeline. 

Buying a gun in America is easier than you think – this infographic by Kelli Anderson for Mayor Bloomberg, part of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns initiative, will give you pause. 

Pair with a more human way to interpret the Second Amendment, more infographic gun myth-busting, and Stephen King’s indispensable essay on gun control.

How much various creative occupations make – and other numbers and figures form the 2013 Creative Employment Snapshot.

But remember to keep in perspective what truly matters, like Alan Watts did.

Bad news for news – perhaps it’s time to stop putting all our eggs in the advertising basket and consider alternatives.