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This page will include several new story starters: factoids, tales, and observations, all of which start with, "Did you know that..."

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Did you know that UPS ships 13.5 million packages a day - which means that at any given moment, 2% of the world's GDP is in the back of a UPS delivery truck.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that when multinationals 'outsource' work to developing countries, they typically not only save 75% on wages, but also gain a 100% increase in productivity.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that advances in fibre optics will soon allow cables to carry â€¦ all the printed material in the world via a single cable in minutes.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that Google now processes approximately 1 billion searches a day.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that last year, of the 2.8 million science degrees awarded around the world, 1.2 million were gained by Asian students -- in Asian universities.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that UPS's fleet of 270 aircraft makes it the 11th largest airline in the world.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that in China last year BScs in engineering represented 46% of all university degrees; in America, it was 5%.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that eBay now has 105 million registered users from 190 countries, trading more than $64 billion of goods annually.

Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, 2005.

Did you know that the mobile phone is only 32 years old, but over one quarter of the world's population owns one or more. The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.

Prensky, Marc. "Mobile Phone Imagination -- Using Devices Kids Love for the Education." Receiver. Vodafone. 05 Dec. 2005 <http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/index.html>.

We'll require 200,000 workers in science and engineering, 400,000 in arts, music, culture, and entertainment, and millions in other creative sector jobs.

Florida, Richard. Flight of the Creative Class. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

In 1980, the creative sector in the U.S. comprised 15% of the work force. In the last 25 years it has grown to more than a third of the U.S. workforce -- 40,000,000. In Scandinavian and other northern European countries, it is more than fifty percent.

Florida, Richard. Flight of the Creative Class. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Thirty to forty percent of the people we depend on for computer science and engineering are foreign born. Under the age of 45, it is nearly 70%.

Florida, Richard. Flight of the Creative Class. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

If you’re one in a million in China . . .

There are 1,300 people just like you.

In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.

The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . .

Is greater than the total population of North America.

In India, it’s the top 28%.

Translation for teachers:�They have more honors kids than we have kids.'''

Fisch, Karl. Did you Know. Centennial Schools, 2006.

China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.

Richardson, Will. "More Musings from Milken." [Weblog Weblogg-ed] 25 Apr 2006. 26 Aug 2006 <http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/more-musings-from-milken/>.

If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China . . .

China would still have a labor surplus.

King, Angus. "The World is Flat." [Podcast entry] Northeast Leadership. 13 Jan 2006. Apple, Inc.. 26 Aug 2006 <http://web.mac.com/northeastleadership/iWeb/Angus_King/Podcast/A19C541A-7E2C-4BB3-A581-63EA068369CE.html>.

During the course of this 8 minute presentation . . .

60 babies will be born in the U.S.�

244 babies will be born in China.�

351 babies will be born in India.

Fisch, Karl. Did you Know. Centennial Schools, 2006.

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . .'''

By the age of 38.'''

"Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth Among the Youngest Baby Boomers: Results from a Longitudinal Survey." News: United States Department of Labor. 25 Aug 2006. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 26 Aug 2006 <http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsoy.pdf>.

According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .

The top ten jobs that will exist in the year 2010 do not exist today.

We are preparing our students for jobs that don’t exist,

using technologies that haven’t yet been invented,

to solve problems that we haven’t even considered yet.”

Richard Riley, U.S. Dept. of Education, KETC 03/07/99

Name this country . . .

Richest in the World

Largest Military

Center of world business and finance

Strongest education system

World center of innovation and invention

Currency the world standard of value

Highest standard of living

England.

In 1900

The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband Internet penetration.�(Luxembourg just passed us.)

"US Drops to 20th in Broadband Penetration - US Broadband Uptake Grows to 73.1% of Active Internet Users - July 2006 Bandwidth Report." WebSiteOptimization.com. July 2006. Web Site Optimization. 26 Aug 2006 <http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0607/>.

In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more than $140 million in research and development.

"2002 Annual Report for Nintendo Company, Ltd" Corporate Info Nentendo Company, Ltd. 27 Apr. 2003 <http://www.nintendo.com/corp/report/financialstatements_5-30-02.pdf>.

12% couples married in the U.S. last year met online.

Farrell, Diana. "Ten Trends That Matter to Business." Fortune Brainstorm 2006. Aspen Institute, Aspin, CO. 29 June 2006.

On August 9, 2006, at 2:41 PM, Central European Time, MySpace received its 100 millionth registered user. That makes MySpace more populus than all but 11 of the world's nations.

Kullin, Hans. "MySpace reached 100 million users." [Weblog Media Culpa] 9 Aug 2006. 26 Aug 2006 <http://www.kullin.net/arkiv/2006_08_01_mc.html#115504610789889287>.

Google receives approximately 91 million searches a day. That's 2.7 billion searches a month.

Sullivan, Danny. "Searches Per Day." SearchEngineWatch. 20 Apr 2006. SearchEngineWatch. 26 Aug 2006 <http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156461>.

We generated about 5 exabytes of new information in 2002. We would have to build 37,000 new libraries the size of the Library of Congress to hold that much information.

Lyman, Peter. "Executive Summary." How Much Information 2003. 27 Oct 2003. Regents of the University of California. 26 Aug 2006 <http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/execsum.htm#summary>.

Non-native English-speakers now outnumber native ones 3 to 1
The number of English-speakers in Asia now exceeds the combined populations of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain

Power, Carla. "Non-native English-speakers now outnumber native ones 3 to 1. And it's changing the way we communicate.." Newsweek International Edition 7 Mar 2007 13 Apr 2007 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7038031/site/newsweek>.

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