| 1. |
If current
trends continued, humans would be using the equivalent of twice the
Earth's natural resources by 2050.
World
Wildlife Fund
|
| 2. |
Not
in 650,000 years have levels of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere
been as high as they are today.
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
|
| 3. |
More
than 100 million people aged 15 to 24 are without work.
International
Labor Organization
|
| 4. |
In addition,
more than 300 million young people are employed — but paid below the
$2-a-day poverty line.
International
Labor Organization
|
| 5. |
Lake
Victoria — Africa's largest and shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
— has dropped three meters below normal.
Financial
Times
|
| 6. |
There
is enough excess electrical capacity at night in the United
States to recharge tens of millions of electric cars.
Wall
Street Journal
|
| 7. |
The
Olympics typically lead to a 5-6% increase in people swimming
in the months after the Games.
Speedo
USA
|
| 8. |
The
word "pizza" first appeared in a 997 manuscript from Gaeta,
a southern Italian town.
National
Geographic
|
| 9. |
The
average temperature on the Antarctic continent is -49 degrees
Celsius (-56 degrees Fahrenheit).
Gulf
of Maine Research Institute
|
| 10. |
The
lowest temperature ever recorded anywhere on Earth was measured
in Antarctica at -89 degrees Celsius (-129 degrees Fahrenheit).
Gulf
of Maine Research Institute
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