Think About This... |
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 | The total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth. Source: Carl Sagan: Cosmos, 1980. Chapters VIII and XII |
| Our own Milky Way galaxy is estimated to harbor roughly 400,000,000,000 stars. Our closest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy harbors about 500,000,000,000 stars. Source: GĂ©rard P. Michon, Ph.D. |  |
 | The latest estimate indicate the total number of galaxies to be at least 100,000,000,000. Source: GĂ©rard P. Michon, Ph.D. |
| The universe is roughly 13.7 billion years old. Our solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Life on earth has existed for around 3.5 billion years. Modern homosapiens have existed for a little over 50,000 years. If we compressed the history of the universe into a 24 hour period then we wouldn't have even shown up until the last fraction of the last second. Source: Unknown |  |
 | If the Earth's population shrunk down to 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same...there would be 61 Asians (20 from China and 17 from India), 12 Europeans, 13 Africans, 9 would be from South America and the Caribbean, and 5 from North America including Canada. Source: www.nationsonline.org |
| If the Earth's population shrunk down to 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same...48 would live on less than US $2 a day...20 of those 48 would live on less than US $1 a day. Source: www.nationsonline.org |  |
 | If the Earth's population shrunk down to 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same...25 would live in substandard housing or have no home at all. Source: www.nationsonline.org |
| If the Earth's population shrunk down to 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same...33 are well-fed, 33 are under-fed, and 34 are starving. Source: World Health Organization |  |
 | If the Earth's population shrunk down to 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same...17 would be under 18 years old. Source: www.nationsonline.org |
| If the Earth's population shrunk down to 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same...16 would lack access to safe drinking water. Source: www.nationsonline.org |  |
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