Today's interesting fact has to do with phosphorus.
There are about five countries that produce most of the phosphorus used today.
It seems that there are not many workable deposits available to us in the world.
Phosphorus is a key ingredient in the fertilisers we use to feed all the humans currently in the world.
Without this element, our farmers wouldn't be able to produce as much as they currently do.
Unless we find more deposits, in about 30 years, we will have passed the peak, and will not have enough to keep our farms going.
Challenged in September 2010 to come up with interesting facts every day by one of my work colleagues, I've since entertained him and those near his desk with bits of information dredged from my brain. Some of my audience went on holiday and still wanted the facts so I started posting here, every day I do one of them, usually Monday through Friday, and the occasional post on the weekend. I post these facts here almost every day and you will find two posts on some days to make any missing days.
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