Interesting Facts

According to the United Nations, Spain, Norway and Luxembourg have donated l ess money to the global fight against Ebola than Ikea. CC 2.0  (The 3 European countries have collectively donated €3.2m, while the Swedish furniture seller has donated €5.3m. Maybe they should start calling it the United States of Ikea.) http://www.un.org/ebolaresponse/

In 1946 the first (very primitive) mobile phone was used by the Swedish police force.  After 6 calls the battery died. An early mobile phone weighed 80lbs. Early phones could run for about 30 minutes, and took 10 hours to recharge. Explore more visuals like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visually .