The r/coolguides page on Reddit has lots of fun and useful stuff to browse through from guides on wilderness survival to vintage instructions about talking on the telephone. I hope I never actually need to refer to the one about "how to make seawater drinkable", but I do think it's a good skill to know, just in case I find myself stuck in a rubber boat with Tallulah Bankhead and William Bendix. I have similar feelings about the "Circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno" guide, but it's probably wise to have it on hand, just in case I need it as a map one day.
Reddit's r/coolguides is a how-to goldmine
Look at this animated timelapse of drought patterns in the United States from 1999 to 2021
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Animated infographic of Covid death toll
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Using data to define the official canon of 90s music
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This tiny camera will catch all of life's most precious or embarrassing moments in real time
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