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Why It’s Hard to Predict Oscar Winners
The Tall Apple: Number of Stories in NYC Skyscrapers Might Floor You
How to Take the New SAT
How to Eat at McDonald’s When You’re Monumentally Broke
The Beatles Aren’t Bigger Than Jesus (Or Even Moses) at the Movies
Study Names Colleges With the Best Return on Investment
Noah’s Arc in Film and TV
Here’s How He Met Her Mother
The Dollar-And-Cents Case Against Hollywood’s Exclusion of Women
The Top-Grossing, Bechdel Test-Passing Movies
The Bechdel Test: Checking Our Work
Can All of New York Go Out to Eat on the Same Day?
Why Colbert Makes Sense For ‘Late Show’
A Statistical Analysis of the Work of Bob Ross
A Q&A With the Steward of Bob Ross
The Anarchy And Evolution of Thousands Playing ‘Pokémon’
Time to Shave? Not So Fast
The Most Popular Day of the Week For Buying Weed
Happy Bob Ross Visualizations
Here’s Every Client Don Draper Ever Had
Medical Marijuana is Still the Best Deal on Pot in Colorado
Which States Are in the Midwest?
Which States Are in the South?
We’ve Published Our Data on the South And Midwest
Why Spider-Man Should Just Take the Subway
The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster
How Much Source Material Does HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Have Left to Work With?
More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found
The Many Preventable Workplace Injuries in Superhero Movies
The Most Blockbuster-y Movie Ever
Where Cheerleading Ranks in Safety Among High School Sports
A Crowdsourced List of Workplace Accidents in the Top Superhero Movies
Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts: A Battle of Values
How Americans Like Their Steak
Do Video Games Make Good Movies And TV Shows?
’90s Boy Bands: A Numerical Retrospective
Boy Bands: More Like Man Bands
Boy Bands: Banality at Its Worst, And We Can Prove It
’90s Boy Band Lyrics: They’re All About You
Will Someone Win the Powerball Jackpot Tonight?
Predicting When ‘Game of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Will Come Out With His Next Book
The ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending May Air on HBO Before It Arrives in a Book
Elitist, Superfluous, Or Popular? We Polled Americans on the Oxford Comma
Where to Get More Data on the Divisive Oxford Comma
The FiveThirtyEight International Food Association’s 2014 World Cup
Mohawks, Faux-hawks And Macklemores: The Top-Heavy Hairdos of the World Cup
Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be
The Biggest One-Hit Wonders of Classic Rock
Classic Rock Started With The Beatles And Ended With Nirvana
Colorado Marijuana Report Shows Legalization May Avoid a Big Potential Problem
The Battle For Emmy Nominations
Archie Was Dying Long Before They Killed Him
The Number of Marijuana Dealers in the United States
America’s Favorite ‘Star Wars’ Movies (And Least Favorite Characters)
What is Americans’ Favorite Global Cuisine?
The Rise of Comic-Con: In San Diego, on the Internet And in the News
The Number of Beautiful People on Capitol Hill: 50
What’s The Song Of The Summer?
It Makes Plenty Of Sense For Some People To Subscribe To AOL
The Most Blah Governors In The United States
How Will Being Indicted Affect Rick Perry’s 2016 Presidential Hopes?
I Went To A Psychic And Then Found Out How Right She Really Was
It’s In The Cards: I Should Be Drinking, Boating And Feeling Anxious
What Happens To The Human Brain If You Try To Watch Every ‘Simpsons’ Ever
Mary Poppins Was Right. Go Ahead And Feed The Birds, Michael
When Should You Show Up To A Party?
Randall Munroe Of xkcd Answers Our (Not So Absurd) Questions
41 Percent Of Fliers Think You’re Rude If You Recline Your Seat
Senate Update: A Fresh Look At The Changed Race In Kansas
Senate Update: A Big Swing In North Carolina Improves Democrats’ Chances
A Reminder: FiveThirtyEight Needs You To Party
Spotify Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself
Senate Update: More Races Become More Competitive
The Price Of Seeing Derek Jeter’s Last MLB Game
No Matter Which Country Makes A Movie, Women Are The Minority
Senate Update: The Races Most Sensitive To New Polling
The Herculean Effort Taken By One Group To Show Hollywood Is Sexist
Comic Books Are Still Made By Men, For Men And About Men
How To Estimate When People Will Arrive At A Party
What Jobs Your City Is Most Known For
Marijuana’s Chances On Election Day
How Data Can Help You Write A Better Screenplay
Who Had The Worst Career After The First ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy?
SantaCon’s Army Of Drunk Santas Could Bring Christmas To New York City’s Children
Of Course You Hear What I Hear — Christmas Music Season Is Totally Data-Driven
How Many Of Your Co-Workers Are Hungover?
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The Final ‘Hobbit’ Film Is An Unprecedentedly Gratuitous Stretch Of Source Material
Sony Should Send ‘The Interview’ Straight To Video On Demand
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The Most Frequent Guests On ‘The Colbert Report’
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If I Had A Nickel For Every Time Someone Said ‘If I Had A Nickel…’
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Which Christmas Songs You’re Most Likely To Hear On The Radio
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Who Goes To Meaningless NFL Games And Why?
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Checking The Accuracy Of My Tarot Card Reading
The (Very, Very Short) Christmas Music Cycle
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Enough With All The ‘Back To The Future Part II’ Appraisals
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Do The Golden Globes Predict The Oscars?
Which Movies Make Grown Men Cry?
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Betting Markets (Mostly) Nailed The Oscar Nominations
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Is Hollywood On A Dystopian Movie Binge?
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Here’s Why ‘Mortdecai’ And All Movies Are Terrible This Time Of Year
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The Casting Of The ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Is A Brilliant Financial Move
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The Consequences Of No One Picking Up Their Dog’s Poop Are Horrifying
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A Little Bit Softer Now: How To Dance To ‘Shout’ Without Ending Up On The Floor
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If You Care About The Oscars, Pay Attention This Weekend
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It’s A Two-Horse Race For The Best Picture Oscar
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Brian Williams Has Lasted Longer Than Most In NBC’s Anchor Chair
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There’s A 67 Percent Chance Someone Will Win The Powerball Jackpot Tonight
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Who Really Had The Best Movie Career After ‘SNL’
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FiveThirtyEight’s Election-Style Oscar Predictions
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The Biggest Best Picture Upsets At The Oscars In The Past 25 Years
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The Race For Best Picture Is Among The Closest In Oscar History
Here’s How The Academy Chooses The Best Picture
A Data-Driven Guide To The Oscars
How FiveThirtyEight’s Oscar Predictions Did
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How I Became The Worst Player In Madden
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Point/Counterpoint: Chip Kelly Is A Genius And Rex Ryan Is Insane
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The Workplace Is Even More Sexist In Movies Than In Reality
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Government Data Agrees: Hollywood Is Even More Sexist Than The Real Workforce
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Roundtable: Chip Kelly Is A Madman And Must Be Stopped (Or He’s A Mad Genius)
How Many Digits Of Pi You Have To Have Memorized To Be Special
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How Irish Are People Who Identify As ‘Irish-American’?
What The Fox Did
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A Guide To Filling Out Your March Madness Bracket Using Mascots
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‘Glee’ Had A Great Run, But It’s A Shadow Of Its Former Self
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Zayn Malik Leaves One Direction; How Long Can The Group Last?
Here’s The Best New Projection For When The Next ‘Game of Thrones’ Book Will Be Done
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The Four Types Of Will Ferrell Movies
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How I Replaced My Colleagues With A Mindless Twitter Bot
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Tidal May Live Or Die On One Thing, And It’s Not High-Fidelity Sound
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Winter Is Not The Time To Draw Grand Conclusions About The Movie Industry
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The Fast And The Furious Would Be Nothing If Vin Diesel Weren’t A Huge Nerd
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Eats About 821 Pounds Of Cod Per Year
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HBO Is Going To Run Out Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Source Material Soon
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We’re Going To Learn How The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Books End On HBO
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Where People Go To Check The Weather
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The Three Types Of Adam Sandler Movies
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Which Characters Deserve To Join The Avengers In The Next Movie?
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The Movie Avengers Are Stuck In The 1970s
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How Physics Explains Thor’s Hammer And Captain America’s Shield
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There’s A Good Chance You’ve Already Heard This Year’s Song Of The Summer
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Joining The Avengers Is As Deadly As Jumping Off A Four-Story Building
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‘Mad Men’ Is Ending. What’s Next For The Cast?
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One Of These World Cup Hosts Is Not Like The Others
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