Quick Facts


Hotest Place on Earth
El Azizia in Libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured. In Death Valley, it got up to 134 Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913.

Coldest Place on Earth
The coldest temperature ever measured on Earth was -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius) at Vostok, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.

Earthquakes
The world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China, more than 830,000 people were killed.

Earth Travels
Earth travels through space at 66,700 miles per hour.

Largest Ocean
The Largest Ocean of the World is the Pacific Ocean (155,557,000 sq km), It covers nearly one-third of the Earth's surface.

Water
About 400 billion gallons water is used worldwide each day.

Cars
In 1924 a Ford automobile cost $265.

A Million
One million $1 bills weighs 1 ton

Life Expectancy
In 1905 the average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.

Digestion
It takes about 48 hours for your body to completely digest the food from one meal.

Blood Vessles
There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body - laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times

Ecology Facts (From Planetpals.com)

• The garbage in a landfill stays for a for about 30 years. 
• Each person throws away approximately 4.7 pounds of garbage every day.
• One bus carries as many people as 40 cars!
• More than 1/3 of all energy is used by people at home
• Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year
• We each use about 12,000 gallons of water every year
• 1/3 of all water is used to flush the toilet.
• The 500 million automobiles on earth burn an average of 2 gallons of fuel a day.
• Each gallon of fuel releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air.
• Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each ear ends up in the ocean.
• The energy we save when we recycle one glass bottle is enough to light a traditional light bulb for four hours
• For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we save 7,000 gallons of water free from chemicals.
• Recycled paper requires 64% less energy than making paper from virgin wood pulp, and can save many trees
• Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees
• The amount of wood and paper we throw away is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years
• Earth is 2/3 water. but all the fresh water streams only represent one hundredth of one percent.
• 14 billion pounds of trash is dumped into the ocean every year
• It takes 90% less energy to recycle aluminum cans than to make new ones
• 5 billion aluminum cans are used each year
• 84 percent of all household waste can be recycled.
• Computers pose an environmental threat because much of the material that makes them up is hazardous. A typical monitor contains 4-5 pounds of lead.
• Each year billions of used batteries are thrown away in the United States. This constitutes 88% of the mercury and 54% of the cadmium deposited into our landfills
• Approximately only 10 percent of every landfill can be cleaned up.
• Ivory comes from dead elephants, its best not to buy it.
• Fur coats often come from endangered animals, it's best not to buy them.
• One gallon of motor oil can contaminate up to 2 million gallons of water. so dispose of properly!
• Here is an example of the water we use everyday:

  3-7 gallons for toilet,
  25-30 gallons for tub,
  50-70 gallons for a 10 minute shower,
  1 washing machine load uses 25-40 gallons,
  1 dishwasher load uses 9-12 gallons

• Here is an example of how long it takes some things take to break down:

  plastics take 500 years,
  aluminum cans take 500 years,
  organic materials, take 6 months,
  cotton, rags, paper take 6 mon