Looking for data? Here's the mother lode.

Following is a (near) comprehensive list of free, publicly available data. The "I-couldn't-find-any-information-on-that" excuse is hereby invalidated forevermore:

http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/
http://datamarket.com/
http://fedstats.gov/
http://infochimps.com/
http://jmc.ou.edu/FredBeard/Secondary.html
http://klout.com
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/
http://numbrary.com/
http://oxygen.mintel.com/index.html
http://people-press.org/
http://pewhispanic.org/
http://pewresearch.org/
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipes.popular
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UMCSENT
http://statehealthstats.americashealthrankings.org/
http://statosphere.misentropy.com/
http://takemetoyourleader.com/
http://trendwatching.com/
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
http://viralvideochart.unrulymedia.com/
http://www.billshrink.com/
http://www.blogpulse.com/
http://www.bls.gov/
http://www.bundle.com/
http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.census.gov/
http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp
http://www.clickz.com/
http://www.comscoredatamine.com/
http://www.crunchbase.com/
http://www.gallup.com/Home.aspx
http://www.google.com/finance
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#
http://www.google.com/publicdata/home
http://www.google.com/trends
http://www.grabstats.com/
http://www.infousa.com/
http://www.jdpower.com/
http://www.marketingcharts.com/
http://www.marketresearch.com/
http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/index.htm

http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do
http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
http://www.neoformix.com/
http://www.nielsen.com/content/corporate/global/en.html
http://www.oecd.org/
http://www.pewinternet.org/
http://www.quantcast.com/
http://www.realtimestatistics.org/
http://www.referenceusa.com/
http://www.thomascrampton.com/
http://www.visualeconomics.com/
http://www.warc.com/
http://www.youtube.com/trendsdashboard#mode=compare
http://zipwho.com/
https://www.cia.gov/library/
http://blog.okcupid.com/