U.S Sources of Energy

Did you Know That? 7.27.1

• The U.S uses 37% crude oil, 24% Natural gas, 23% Coal 9% Electric and 7% renewable energy for its energy sources
• 57% of the U.S' crude oil is imported.
• 43% of the imported oil comes from the Western Hemisphere, 22% from Africa, 21% from the Persian Gulf and 12% from other sources.

Random Fact of the Day - 7.27.11

• 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die throughout the movie
• Licking a stamp leads to the consumption of 1/10 of a calorie.
• It takes more than 500 years for a disposable diaper to decompose.
• The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
• The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural
• There is 15,140 dollars of Monopoly money in a regular Monopoly game.