Skin lightening products -- also known as bleaching creams, whiteners, skin brighteners, or fading creams -- work by reducing a pigment called melanin in the skin. Most people who use lighteners do so to treat skin problems such as freckles, age spots, acne scars, or discoloration related to hormones.
The Deepest Oil Well. 555 feet: Total height of spar. 13 days: Time it took to secure spar to seafloor. 10,000: Number of cars it would take to equal Perdido's weight. 9,627 feet: Water depth at deepest well. 184 miles: Total length of pipeline laid on seafloor.
Date: March 1910-September 1911. Location: Kern Country, California. Oil Spilled: 378 million gallons. The worst accidential oil spill in U.S. and world history occurred in 1910, when a crew drilling for oil beneath California scrubland tapped into a high-pressure reservoir 2,200 feet below the surface.