The world’s tallest snowman was built in Bethel, Maine, in 1999 and stood at 113 feet, 7 inches. This winter they plan on attempting to build the tallest snowwoman.
~ AOL News, Dec. 17, 2007
Google is part of a competition offering a $20 million prize for the first private company to land a vehicle on the moon, $5 million for the second company to do so.
~ CBS, Sept. 13, 2007
There is also a $10 million prize to see who can build a viable automobile that gets 100 miles per gallon. Current automobiles average 21 mpg. The first mass-produced automobile, the Ford model T averaged almost 25 mpg.
~ CNN, July. 18, 2007
In November 2007 the first jet fueled entirely with used canola oil soared in Czechoslovakia.
~ Scientific American, Nov. 30, 2007
The FBI announced investment of $1 billion into a surveillance database to counter terrorism. The database will recognize faces, irises, and other unique characteristics including the way one walks.
~ Washington Post, Dec. 22, 2007
The U.S. Department of Defense has paid an estimated $2.7 billion to private security firms in Iraq since 2003. The state department has spent $2.4 billion in the same time period.
~ Denver Post, Dec. 24, 2007
A total of 852 U.S. military personnel were killed in Iraq in 2007, making it the deadliest year since invasion. It is estimated that 150,000 – perhaps many more – Iraqi people have been killed since 2003.
~ New York Times, Dec. 31, 2007
The value of the U.S. Federal Reserve note is sinking. In Iraq, close to $9 billion, in hundreds of tons of cash, was flown in and then disappeared.
~ CNN, Jan 31, 2005
