Fodder Issue #2 Jan. 12, 2009

Day 419, 15:09 • Published in USA USA • by Leviathann

Humans:
It typically takes twelve years and close to $1 billion dollars to develop a new medicine.

Earth:
Each year, 9 million tons of salt, more than 10 percent of all the salt produced in the world, is applied to American highways for road de-icing. The cost of buying and applying the salt adds up to $200 million.

Machines:
Thrust SSc was the first car to break through the sound barrier travelling at 763 mph on 15th October 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

Nature:
Scientists estimate that there are currently 1.4 million animal species known to science; with possibly as many as 30 million on the planet.

Mysteries:
A law was made on July 16, 1969 saying that it's illegal for US citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.

Origins:
Between 255 and 250 million years ago more than half the species of animals on Earth, including 75-95 percent of marine species, were permanently extinguished. This mass extinction is the greatest such event found in the fossil record.

Theories:
Alchemy has become a reality in the modern world (albeit at incredibly small amounts); as it is now possible to make gold by bombarding lighter elements with sub-atomic particles at high speeds in particle accelerators.

Technology:
Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

Space:
The risk of the Earth encountering an asteroid large enough to cause worldwide devastation in our lifetime is roughly the same as the average person being killed in an air crash, or about 1 in 10,000.

Law:
Incestuous marriages are legal in Alabama.