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.
The effects of the spill continued to be felt for many years afterwards. As of 2010 there were an estimated 23,000 US gallons (87 m 3) of Valdez crude oil still in Alaska's sand and soil, breaking down at a rate estimated at less than 4% per year.