Randall Munroe at xkcd illustrated a Saturn-5 rocket and describe it using only words from the Ten Hundred list of most commonly used words. Since the original is like 45 inches high I had to shrink it some but it's all there...er here.
Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose.
I came here to post about his book "Thing Explainer," then realized when I went to link it that this comic was actually the first instance of the idea that inspired the book. Also, apparently certain bits from the book are now in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt science textbooks.
