In case you missed these graphics and interactives in the last few days:

States that allow same-sex marriage vs. States that allow marriage between first cousins [I Love Charts]

Charles Blow tweeted this yesterday. It is, as you might guess from the title, a look at the states allowing same-sex marriage compared to the states allowing marriage between first cousins.

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Back to the Future timelines [Sean Mort, via FlowingData]

This chart breaks down the timelines from the “Back To The Future” trilogy. Compared to this, the various “Lost” timelines were totally followable.

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The Brett Favre Retirement Curve [Slate]

Dubbed “an interactive visualization of the quarterback’s annual off-season waffling,” this chart is a fever chart of sorts showing his waffling between “comeback,” “not sure” and “retirement.” And, the colors match those of the teams for which he’s played.

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Missouri’s sexually transmitted disease rates [stltoday.com]

The topic might not be pretty, but that’s why this chart is all the more important. It allows you to search by county, zip code, year and STD. My home county, St. Louis, has consistently ranked among the nation’s worst for at least two of the diseases, chlamydia and gonorrhea. This was put together by Brian Williamson, who consistently does great graphics databases. See this, like, now.

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