Assorted Links

1. New U.S. and World Population Clock (via @DataGeekB)
   
   
2. The most beautiful and least accessible memorial on the planet? (via C. Blattman)
   
   
3. Mapping Electricity Use at the very local level in NY and in LA
   
   
4. 10 of the most ridiculous japanese inventions of all time (via Leo Monasterio)
   
   
5. A population simulator called "demographics lab" (via John Weeks)
   
   
6. What Pangea looks like mapped with modern political borders
   
   
7. The Dynamics of City Size and Related Distributions by M. Batty
   
   
8. Islands of Mankind [Interactive]