The Onion, I'm Sorry, but I've Done It!

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I was reading an article about a man that attempted to have sex with. He was he was on quite strong hallucinogenics, attempted to havesex with a crocodile and was killed. I'm so sorry to his family to laugh, but that framing of it is funny to me. Well, that prompted me to write an article about all of the different animals that people have attempted to having sex with. And then someone was like, no, no,no, that article that you cited at the start about the man who attempted to haveSexWithACrocodile,. It's Australia's version of the onion. If you come from a whole other country and you land on

Whenever we have a question – about ourselves or the world around us – it can be helpful to visualize our answer in order to really understand it. But how do you conceptualize something as big as inequality, as complex as grief, or as silly as your probability of correctly guessing today’s Wordle? For data journalist Mona Chalabi, the answer is through data – and drawing. You’ve probably seen Mona’s illustrations on the internet. She’s known for interpreting data in a way that makes you GET it. In today’s episode, she explains how anyone could use analysis to answer their most personal questions – from whether or not to have a breakup to how many friends you should have. For the text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts