A cubic inch of bone can in principle bear a load of 19,000 lbs. (8,626 kg) or more â roughly the weight of five standard pickup trucks â making it about four times as strong as concrete. Still, whether or not bone actually withstands such loads depends heavily on how quickly force is delivered.
Higher education = higher income. A huge advantage of higher education is that it will benefit you financially. Many employers use your level of education to determine the salary that you will receive when you are hired.
According to the BLS, education pays in 2010. For median weekly earnings across degree levels, the average stands at $782. While the median weekly earnings are $444 for those with less than a school diploma, the salary more than triples to $1,550 for those with doctoral degrees.Associateâs degree holders are only $15 dollars shy of hitting the average, while bachelorâs degree holders earn $271 more per week than the average worker.ased off the 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics research, education pays in higher earnings and lower unemployment rates. Even just getting an associateâs degree moves individuals below the average unemployment rate by 2.2%, while a bachelorâs degree can help workers to exceed the median weekly salary by 33%.