Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year.
According to Christopher Walken, one of the good things about making a film in the desert is that there is always plenty of parking.
The estimated 7 million illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. now provide the Social Security system with as much as $7 billion each year – about 10% of last year’s gap between what the system receives in payroll taxes and what it pays out in benefits.
According to a recent study, half of all U.S. bankruptcies are caused by soaring medical bills, and most people sent into debt by illness are middle-class workers with health insurance.
About 22 million lightning bolts hit the Earth each year.
This article appears in July 15 • 2005.