Swallow Charts

Why Do Swallows Fly To The Korean DMZ?

T. Yejoo Kim | Sapiens | 25th June 2025

The barn swallow, or jebi, is an enduring symbol to Koreans. Those who have been displaced from North Korea view the bird with "nostalgic affection" because after a winter spent in the south Pacific it can, unlike them, return to the northern side of the Han River estuary. The bird is "at once a harbinger of hope, an assuring sign of return, and a symbol of available freedoms otherwise foreclosed" (2,100 words)

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The Bad Boy Of Bar Charts

Mike Woodward | Engora Data Blog | 15th May 2023

William Playfair was "a spy, a scoundrel, and a scholar". An engineer by training and a fraudster by inclination, he was at the storming of the Bastille, instrumental in a late 18C land swindle that ensnared George Washington, and the architect of a currency counterfeiting scheme that was partially responsible for Napoleon coming to power. Amidst all this, in 1786, he invented the bar chart (1,000 words)