1 – The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (equal to 186,287.49 miles per second).
2 – It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth.
3 – 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
4 – The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.
5 – Every year, over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
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As a veteran, and the brother of another veteran, this article makes me sick. I challenge anyone who reads this post to leave a comment regarding what you think of our presense in Iraq. I say they have to do one of two things, either get out completely and as quickly as possible, or fully commit and go in heavy. By heavy I mean triple or more the number of troops, put the entire country of Iraq under martial law, institute a draft if that’s what it takes to get it done. Outside of that, George’s war is one of the biggest wastes of lives and money that history has ever seen. The total cost is hard to even comprehend, so many soldiers dead, and many more sick or disfigured.
Monica has her own blog!
