Most of these will be things that were found randomly online and/or shared on Facebook and other social media.. I’ve done my best to find original, or near-original, sources wherever possible.
Inventions That Increased Modern Live Expectancy (Aperioncare.com)
This infographic and a second on their website show multiple medical and sanitary innovations since 1850 and approximately how many lives they have changed. It’s important to not that they did not give the source for their numbers and at least one item, vaccines, is clearly wrong because we did have vaccines before 1955. Nonetheless, it’s a good jumping off point for some story ideas.
N. America Possible TimeSpike Era Map
This isn’t an infographic, but it’s not a map of how anything is known. It’s just an educated guess, but I don’t want to lose it because it seems useful for TimeSpike. So, until there is an updated for TimeSpike to add this to, I’m just going to leave it here.
I haven’t found the original source, but I can see that it appeared in a book. It was also linked from a now-deleted 2014 National Geographic article, which gives me enough belief in the origins being solid to include it.
Causes of Death in London in 1632
Here’s a Reddit post where they define some of the more obscure terms and diseases.
Types of German Sausages
Nothing to add to that. It’s a map showing different, regional German sausages.