Random Facts - Just how rich is America in resources?

Just how rich is America in Resources? 
How long would it take for us to know that the sun exploded?
Where is the coldest inhabited place in the world?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's take a look today. Add to your random facts.
The US ranks seconds on a list of richest countries
in terms of natural resources. America has got an estimated
forty five trillion dollars in natural resources, primarily in cold timber,
natural gas, gold, and copper. Russia's number one with seventy
five trillion. Saudi Arabia third is forty five. Both of

(00:21):
them get a big boost from their oil. If the
sun exploded, it would take eight minutes and twenty seconds
for all of that energy to hit us and actually
kill us. Indiana has ten of the twelve largest high
school basketball gyms in the country. The ones that are
in Indiana are in Texas and Illinois. The coldest inhabited
place on earth is a village called I can't even

(00:43):
say it, Siberia. I'm Moxacon. I don't know. If you
were to go outside naked on an average day, you'd
freeze to death in one minute. Its record low temperatures
are like negative ninety six Greece fahrenheit.