Mr. Pitiful
11-01-2004, 08:49 AM
Cleavland Clinics is the first institution to recieve approval of human facial transplant for someone severely disfigured by burns or disease.
Michael Ellison, a Clemson material Science proffesor hoping to provide a way for wounds to heal faster by replicating "dragline silk". The dragline silk that the spiders hang from generates a tiny amount of electricity as they work which helps to heal wounds faster.
David McCrane a police officer suspended after playing a practical joke on another officer by setting off a gas canister on another officer during a training in September, the tear gas drifted to a row of homes where children and others were playing outside. .
Useless Facts
In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people nationally.
One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.
In the famous Parker Brothers game "Monopoly," the space on which a player has the greatest statistical chance of landing is Illinois Avenue. This is followed by the B&O Railroad, Free Parking, Tennessee Avenue, New York Avenue and the Reading Railroad.
Burns are second only to traffic accidents as the cause of accidental loss of life in the U.S.: about 6,000 fatal burns a year.
The U.S produces 19% of the world's trash. The annual contribution includes 20 billion disposable diapers, 2 billion razors and 1.7 billion pens.
More than 63 million Star Trek books, in more than 15 languages, are in print; 13 were sold every minute in the U.S. in 1995.
New York City has the largest black population of any city in the United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
No one knows how many people live in the country of Bhutan. As of 1975, no census had ever been taken.
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Michael Ellison, a Clemson material Science proffesor hoping to provide a way for wounds to heal faster by replicating "dragline silk". The dragline silk that the spiders hang from generates a tiny amount of electricity as they work which helps to heal wounds faster.
David McCrane a police officer suspended after playing a practical joke on another officer by setting off a gas canister on another officer during a training in September, the tear gas drifted to a row of homes where children and others were playing outside. .
Useless Facts
In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people nationally.
One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.
In the famous Parker Brothers game "Monopoly," the space on which a player has the greatest statistical chance of landing is Illinois Avenue. This is followed by the B&O Railroad, Free Parking, Tennessee Avenue, New York Avenue and the Reading Railroad.
Burns are second only to traffic accidents as the cause of accidental loss of life in the U.S.: about 6,000 fatal burns a year.
The U.S produces 19% of the world's trash. The annual contribution includes 20 billion disposable diapers, 2 billion razors and 1.7 billion pens.
More than 63 million Star Trek books, in more than 15 languages, are in print; 13 were sold every minute in the U.S. in 1995.
New York City has the largest black population of any city in the United States. It is followed by Chicago and Philadelphia.
No one knows how many people live in the country of Bhutan. As of 1975, no census had ever been taken.
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