So How Many Infectious Diseases Today?

by Mark Sierra on August 18, 2007

World Clock does more than tell time. Much more.

You can discover how many traffic accidents have occurred, drownings, abortions, illegal immigration growth, oil pumped, computers produced…and so on. And you can do this for a timeframe you select: year, month, week, day, now.

According to the web site, Poodwaddle.com, there are a variety of sources which are used to tabulate this data. Probably a good idea to verify it yourself, in fact, the site owner welcomes corrections.

Take a gander:

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{ 17 comments }

Brown Baron (192 comments.) August 19, 2007 at 10:11 am

Haha that is great! I bet if you look at it for an hour it’ll drive you crazy :lol:

Mark August 19, 2007 at 1:42 pm

Hehe, you know it is pretty nifty to just switch to “now” and see just how much the number grow.

Christy (45 comments.) August 19, 2007 at 1:02 pm

That’s just freaky cool. :cool:

Mark August 19, 2007 at 1:43 pm

The site has some other cool counters and stuff you ought to check out.

Danielle (9 comments.) August 19, 2007 at 8:41 pm

I can’t stop staring at it. Frightening but intriguing.

Mark August 19, 2007 at 9:38 pm

Hi Danielle! Good to see you here. :) Yes, indeed, it’s something like an accident you can’t keep from staring at.

Brown Baron (192 comments.) August 20, 2007 at 12:13 am

I just tried switching it to “Now”. That is even more addicting to watch!
I wish we could have our blog stats like this :mrgreen:

Mark August 20, 2007 at 6:34 am

Now THAT would be awesome!

Tay (58 comments.) August 20, 2007 at 12:57 am

My mom sent this to me about two weeks ago and I found it hard to look away. I clicked to “Now” and watched as the numbers grew rapidly before my eyes. Some were astonishing and some things were downright horrible at how often it was happening. But I do love this site. I have it in my bookmarks and whenever I’m feeling like an unproductive procrastinator I’ll click on over to it. :lol:

Mark August 20, 2007 at 6:36 am

When you feel unproductive? Nah, this is educational…you can tell your friends that you know how many cars are produced on average. :)

Tay (58 comments.) August 20, 2007 at 4:04 pm

Heh. Actually I feel unproductive quite often. Mainly, I mean that sometimes I feel lazy and don’t feel like actually working on anything. But true, you’re right.

Another one of the clocks I like is the How Old R U clock. I like knowing exactly how many minutes I’ve been alive. It’s pretty neat. :)

Christy (45 comments.) August 20, 2007 at 5:35 am

Oh wow, I tried the now feature and I can’t believe it. It absolutely boggles the mind….seriously…

Mark August 20, 2007 at 6:36 am

:shock:

Bush Mackel (69 comments.) August 20, 2007 at 7:11 am

Why is this the only clock that depresses me? (#)

Mark August 20, 2007 at 5:29 pm

Hmmm… perhaps a game of Thor Towers will pick you up or maybe try Baron’s goodies. :lol:

tch September 5, 2007 at 9:00 am

How can they so interactively gather this information?

Mark September 5, 2007 at 5:51 pm

Hey there tch. Well, according to the site he has some calculations going on, so I don’t think it’s actually real-time. Maybe estimates. You can find out more here.

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