h/t to this FlowingData post, where I saw the link and learned that today is "Minard Day". Also, this astonishing fact about Minard's Napoleon map:<p>> <i>Most who know the name associate it with Minard’s map of the Napoleon Russian campaign, but that work came later in life, post-retirement, at the ripe age of 88 years old.</i><p><a href="https://flowingdata.com/2025/03/27/minard-day/" rel="nofollow">https://flowingdata.com/2025/03/27/minard-day/</a>