10 useless but sometimes poignant facts..

[dhama]

6,115 items of space debris floating around in Earth's orbit.
555 million cars in the world.
300,000+ under 18s fighting in conflicts around the world.
5,500 billion cigarettes smoked in one year.
90 percent of the planets species have not been identified.
3 in 4 adults in the UK, unable to read and/or write.
20,000 languages spoken on Earth, the most common word; 'OK'.
200 billion a year spent on military weapons in the US.
40 seconds is all it takes before the next suicide around the world.
3,000 people lose their lives on the worlds roads each and every day.


:eek:

All facts taken from 'The State of the World Atlas' 2003

[theBlackman]

So we are a littering bunch of illiterates, letting loose lethal devices and gases that will eventually cause the demise of ourselves and the creatures of the planet.

So what's new?

[Solange]

Originally posted by dhama

3 in 4 adults in the UK, unable to read and/or write.

This sounds impossible! It can't be true! There are more people from the UK here than that, and they can at least write! :D

[LARAMANIAC]

Originally posted by Solange
This sounds impossible! It can't be true! There are more people from the UK here than that, and they can at least write! :D

Some would actually agree to disagree on that particular point, Solange! :p

[DaveJ]

I agree!
Thats unpossible!

[Aquarius]

Has the UK gone back a step? Because I could have sworn I heard that in the early 1990s the literacy rate in the UK was in the upper 80% or low 90%. :confused:

The 300,00+ under 18 doesn't sound right. There could be that many in just central Africa alone. :(

The 90% that haven't been identified, is that before or are they've become extinct? :(

[Exitium]

I believe [most of] those are actually correct. . .

300,000+ Under 18 Fighting
South American and African rebels make up most of this I believe.

90% of World's Species Identified
Well if you count the living ones, species of fish, insect and numerous Fungi, Bacteria, Protists and Plants have never even been seen before. Though Virus aren't truely organisms, I have no doubt that there are even more, deadlier virsuses that will never even become discovered.

[Senor v2]

Huzzah! its exitium come to enlighten us with his words of wisdom.


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Official exitium stalker
signing off!!!!:D :D



P.s I agree with DaveJ and the rest it is unpossible:p that that could be true because i know that some people have a dim view of britain, but we are pretty clever, and 3 out of 4 adults is b.s in my eyes.

[Exitium]

Spying on me? Than you must know my secret by now. . .

Let's get those banners up an invade the Commandos Forums!

[Deekman]

Originally posted by dhama
6,115 items of space debris floating around in Earth's orbit.

"There are over eight thousand artificial objects orbiting Earth. Over 2,500 are satellites, operative and inoperative. The remaining objects are orbital debris: parts such as nosecone shrouds, lens, hatch covers, rocket bodies, payloads that have disintegrated or exploded, and even objects that "escape" from manned spacecraft during operations."
To track some of your favorite orbiting man made objects go here (http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/3d/JTrack3D.html).