Events, Trends, and Issues: The United States was a leading exporter of mercury in 2011, and the principal export. destinations included Canada, Guyana, and Vietnam. The average price of a flask of domestic mercury was $1,950; however, by July, prices were reported in the $2,400-to-$2,600 range. Mercury is used for small-scale gold mining in
Lupita Nyongâo Named âPeopleâ Magazineâs Most Beautiful. Lupita Nyongâo, the strikingly beautiful actress who won an Academy Award this year for her moving role in â12 Years A Slaveâ was crowned 2014â²s Most Beautiful Woman in the World, by âPeopleâ magazine! Not to many people can disagree with the fact that Lupita Nyongâo is beautiful.
If you want to know the record holder for the lightest person in the world, then you're in the right place. Lucia Zarate is considered the lightest woman and person of all time weighing only 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg) at the age of 17. She is the first person to have been identified with Majewski Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type II. She was entered into the Guinness World Records as the lightest recorded adult. Khagendra Thapa Magar is the world's lightest living person. Just 600 grams (21 oz) at birth, he weighs as an adult 5.5 kilograms (12 lb; 0.87 st) and measures 0.67 m (2 ft 2 1â2 in) and also considered the shortest living adult.