Neurons are the basic building blocks of the nervous system. These specialized cells are the information-processing units of the brain responsible for receiving and transmitting information. Each part of the neuron plays a role in the communication of information throughout the body.
There is 850,00 rubber bands in the current world's largest rubber band ball. That certainly is a lot!!
Poverty Around The World. Last updated Saturday, November 12, 2011. Around the world, in rich or poor nations, poverty has always been present. In most nations today, inequalityâthe gap between the rich and the poorâis quite high and often widening.The causes are numerous, including a lack of individual responsibility, bad government policy, exploitation by people and businesses with power and influence, or some combination of these and other factors. 1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 2  640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).