Did You Know?

0 Comments | Insight on the News, May 14, 2001 | by John Elvin

* Nearly 80 percent of readers responding to a recent poll thought the United States should have demanded ap apology from China as a result of the recent downing and seizure of 24 U.S. military personnel aboard a U.S. reconnaissance plane, instead of the other way around (Insight reader response registered at www.Insightmag.com).

* No cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad-cow disease, ever have been identified in the United States (statement by the National Restaurant Association regarding the safety of the 54 billion meals restaurants expect to serve in this country during 2001).

* Faulty techniques used to calculate atmospheric temperature above the oceans have resulted in a 40 percent exaggeration of "global warming" (international study by scientists attempting to discover why Earth temperatures monitored by satellite fail to substantiate the warming trend, while measurements taken at sea support the theory, reported by the U.K. Telegraph and Environment & Climate News).