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* DID YOU KNOW...?! *

- AWESOME STUFF -
* ABOUT YOUR UNIVERSE! *

* DID YOU KNOW...

Our Living Earth Spins @ 1079 mph
And Exists in One
of The 50-Billion Different Known Galaxies
In The Vastness of Space?!

...AND...

Each Year the World's Population Grows
by 86-MILLION People?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

There is Only a Difference of 1%
Between the DNA of Ourselves & Chimpanzees?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

Every Particle of AIR We Inhale in Our Lifetime
Has Been Inhaled by Living Beings Before Us
for Millions of Years?

The Dinosaurs, Jesus, Cleopatra, Buddha,
Abe Lincoln, Elvis, & The Dixie Chicks?!

(Talk About "Recycling"!)

* DID YOU KNOW...

70% of Our Body & 70% of the Earth's Surface
is WATER?! - A Coincidence?

* DID YOU KNOW...

Every Drop of WATER We Drink in Our Lifetime
Has Been Drunk by Living Beings Before Us
for Millions of Years?

The Cave People, Orangutans, Whales,
Marilyn Monroe, & The Back Street Boys?!

(Talk About "Recycling"!)

* DID YOU KNOW...

THE STAGES OF THE MOON Affect
Not Only The TIDES OF THE OCEANS
But, If We Stood Still Long Enough,
We Would Also Experience
TIDES IN OUR TUMMIES?!

...AND...

THE STAGES OF THE MOON
Also Cause
THE CRUST OF THE EARTH to EXPAND
& RETRACT 6-INCHES DAILY?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

THE MANTLE OF THE EARTH is 22-MILES THICK
AND That it FLOATS on a SEA OF
RED-HOT LIQUID ROCK (MAGMA)
Which Encircles a SOLID, MAGNETIC, IRON/NICKEL CORE
whose Temperature is 9,000-DEGREES Fahrenheit?!

...AND...

THE OUTER CRUST OF THE EARTH is Made Up of a
SERIES OF (TECTONIC) PLATES
That are in CONSTANT MOVEMENT
Overlapping, & Colliding
Creating GREAT FAULTS & MOUNTAIN RANGES?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

On a Clear, Dark, Night,
You Can See Around 2,500 Stars
with Your Naked Eye?!

...AND...

There are Now More Than 600-Satellites
& 30,000 Pieces of Debris in Space
that Orbit Around the Earth?!
(It's Becoming a Real Space Debris "Land-Fill"!)

* DID YOU KNOW...

The HIGHEST POINT on Earth is
29, 028-Foot High MOUNT EVEREST
in Nepal?!

...AND...

The LOWEST POINT on Earth is
the 36, 200-Foot Deep MARIANA TRENCH
in The Pacific Ocean?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

Most Scientists believe that the formation
of The Earth, Our Solar System, & The Universe
were the result of "THE BIG BANG" Theory -
A Massive Explosion in Space,
Trillions of Degrees in Temperature,
15-BILLION YEARS AGO?!

...AND...

All Human Life Evolved 5.8 MILLION YEARS AGO
From the Desert of Ethiopia in Northeastern Africa
Where the Remnants of The Apeman -
our Earliest Ancestor, have been Discovered?!

...AND...

HOMO ERECTUS
Preceded our present HOMO SAPIEN Life Form -
Immigrating from Africa
to All Continents of the World?!

...AND...

From the 1400s Through the 1900s an Estimated
12-MILLION AFRICANS Were Sold into Slavery?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

Authorities Estimate that when Christopher Columbus
"Discovered" America in 1492
There were 1-MILLION Native Inhabitants
in the Continental U.S.?!

...BUT...

Within 400-Years, the Indian Population
was Decimated
(due to Starvation, Disease, Genocide, & Slavery)
to a Low of 237-THOUSAND in 1900?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

Although People May Want/Desire Many Things
All That We Really Need are
FOOD, SHELTER, & CLOTHING

...AND...

The Plains Indians Received All of these
from Just One Source:
The BISON, or Buffalo?!

SIMPLICITY, SIMPLICITY, SIMPLICITY...
- Henry David Thoreau -

* DID YOU KNOW...

NORTH AMERICANS EAT 10-TIMES AS MUCH FOOD
as The People in CHINA -
And 30-TIMES AS MUCH FOOD
as The People in INDIA?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

On The Average,
Americans Now Live to 76.1 YEARS OF AGE?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

The Average American
uses 18-cubic feet of Wood & 749 lbs. of Paper
equal to an 18-inch in Diameter,
100-Foot Tall Tree - EACH YEAR?!

- JUST THINK ABOUT IT -

More than 5,000 Things are Made from Trees:
Including Grocery Bags, Milk & Ice Cream Cartons,
Movie Tickets, Playing Cards, Baseball Bats,
Rulers, Fences, Cork Boards, Shoe Polish,
Garden Mulch, Homes, Cologne, Baby Food,
Clothing, Carpeting, Football Helmets, Luggage,
Hair Spray, Deodorant, Tires, & Toothpaste.

* DID YOU KNOW...

The Amazonian RAINFOREST
Produces 1/2 of The World's Supply of Oxygen?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

The CHEETA is the Fastest Animal on Earth
Capable of Running 70-MILES PER HOUR?!

...AND...

There are about 3-MILLION SPECIES OF LIFE on Earth
(Mostly Insects)?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

260-MILLION PEOPLE World-Wide
are Presently on the Internet.

Presently, 60% of Those Live in The U.S.

50% of AMERICAN Homes now have Computers.

Presently, 80% of World-Wide Internet Transactions
are in English.

The INTERNET is Spreading like Crazy
In Every Direction.

- WHILE -

50% of All The WORLD's Homes
still don't have Telephones?!

* DID YOU KNOW...

By the Time a Person Reaches 50-Years of Age
S/he has Traveled 75,000 Miles by FOOT?!

...AND...

The SUN is Shrinking by 6-MILES a Year,
or More Than 1-INCH Every 10-Minutes?!

- The Smithsonian Institution -

The Use of Alcohol is Involved in:

70% of All Murders - 70% of All Boating Accidents
66% of All Fatal Accidents - 65% of All Arrests
60% of All Sex Crimes Against Children
60% of All Child Abuse Cases
53% of All Fire Deaths - 50% of All Rapes
45% of All Drownings - 44.6% of All Traffic Fatalities
41% of All Assaults - 37% of All Suicides?!

All of the above are the Official Statistics from
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
& The Illinois Department of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse.

...AMAZING!...

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