The Public Data Explorer
As you can see, people are interested in a wide variety of data and statistics, but this information is only useful if it's easy to access, understand and communicate. That's why today we're also releasing the Google Public Data Explorer in Labs, a new experimental product designed to help people comprehend data and statistics through rich visualizations. With the Data Explorer, you can mash up data using line graphs, bar graphs, maps and bubble charts. The visualizations are dynamic, so you can watch them move over time, change topics, highlight different entries and change the scale. Once you have a chart ready, you can easily share it with friends or even embed it on your own website or blog.

Looks like Google has created their very own version of Gapminder. It's not a terribly powerful tool as of yet, but they have some pretty interesting data sets, including one for retail sales. I never realized that car sales were so volatile—more so than petrol. I hope Google continues to update this and doesn't let it stall out.

If you're prone to falling down the stairs and dying, it's a great resource for figuring out where to live. Seriously, South Dakota, what the hell?