// Use this file to update the Did You Know content
var DidYouKnow = new Array(32); 

//this list will cover up to 31 days of a month based on the day of the month

DidYouKnow[1] = "Since World War II, total world energy use has quadrupled. ";
DidYouKnow[2] = "Canada is the world's largest producer of hydroelectric power and the third-largest producer of electricity overall. ";
DidYouKnow[3] = "It takes Earth one hour to receive the same amount of energy from the sun as humans consume in a year. ";
DidYouKnow[4] = "A single dripping hot water faucet can waste 212 gallons of water a month. That not only increases water bills, but also increases the gas or electric bill for heating the water. ";
DidYouKnow[5] = "Laptop computers consume up to 90 percent less energy than standard desktop computers. ";
DidYouKnow[6] = "By the age of only six months, each Canadian has consumed as many resources as the average person in the developing world consumes in his or her lifetime. ";
DidYouKnow[7] = "Twenty-seven percent of all food produced in North America is wasted. ";
DidYouKnow[8] = "Currently, Canadians take home over 55 million plastic shopping bags every week. ";
DidYouKnow[9] = "Canadians use approximately 54,000 tonnes of household cleaners annually. ";
DidYouKnow[10] = "Researchers estimate that 14 to 20 million computers are put out to pasture each year. Only about 30% of those units are resold - the remaining are usually thrown away if not recycled. ";
DidYouKnow[11] = "One litre of oil can contaminate a million litres of ground water. ";
DidYouKnow[12] = "Every year 16.5 million litres of used oil ends up in municipal landfills in Canada and another 4 million litres are poured directly into storm drains (this is almost half the volume of oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez.) ";
DidYouKnow[13] = "Each Canadian throws away approximately ˝ kilogram of packaging daily. In fact, ˝ of our cities' solid waste by volume and 1/3 of our waste by weight is made up of packaging. ";
DidYouKnow[14] = "For each tonne of newspaper recycled, 17 trees are saved. ";
DidYouKnow[15] = "Based on the 2001 study Canada vs The OECD: An Environmental Comparison, by David Richard Boyd, Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, University of Victoria, Canada has one of the poorest environmental records of the industrialized countries. For 25 environmental indicators examined, Canada ranked a dismal 28th out of 29.";
DidYouKnow[16] = "PM2.5 airborne particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and pose the highest risk to human health. They come from human activities like industrial processes and natural sources like forest fires.";
DidYouKnow[17] = "Municipal waste water discharges represent one of the largest sources of pollutant releases by volume to Canadian waters. ";
DidYouKnow[18] = "Canada is home to approximately 70 000 known species and new species are still being discovered. ";
DidYouKnow[19] = "In the early 1990s, as many as 60 new insect species were identified in the canopies of old-growth forests on the west coast of Canada.";
DidYouKnow[20] = "Increased knowledge of extreme weather events like floods and snowfall will help planners make better decisions about the location of bridges and roads, energy and water networks, and emergency preparedness. ";
DidYouKnow[21] = "Want to help the environment? If you we’re thinking about buying a hybrid car, think again. According to scientists from the University of Chicago, the environment could benefit more if you go vegan than if you buy an eco-friendly car.";
DidYouKnow[22] = "Who is the #1 source of water pollution? In the U.S., the main source of water pollution is not chemical waste but the excrement of farm animals.";
DidYouKnow[23] = "According to recent studies, 70% of the world’s marine species are at risk of extinction.";
DidYouKnow[24] = "John Robbins in his book “The Food Revolution” reveals that you could save more water by not eating a pound of California beef rather than not showering for one whole year.";
DidYouKnow[25] = "Fruits and vegetables go to waste every year. People cannot afford to buy them so the EU spends millions of euros annually to destroy good fruits and vegetable. The US and Canada have equally despicable food policies. This is done while over 40,000 children die every day due to starvation.";
DidYouKnow[26] = "Animals raised for food currently generate between 15 and 20% of methane emissions globally.";
DidYouKnow[27] = "Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil. 50 million tons of paper are consumed annually by Americans, more than 850 million trees being cut down.";
DidYouKnow[28] = "In recent news, scientists aim for lab-grown meat. This means that a single cell taken from an animal could produce in theory the world’s annual meat supply.";
DidYouKnow[29] = "Fish farming has been developed to replace to wild fish stocks that are ever lower. Ironically, these farmed fish are fed wild fish thus depleting the oceans even more.";
DidYouKnow[30] = "It takes 5 pounds of wild ocean fish to produce a single pound of farmed saltwater fish or shrimp.";
DidYouKnow[31] = "Numerous species are going extinct and, by 2100, extinction may reach one third of all species now living. Not only will these animals be forever lost, but the loss of many ingredients for today’s medicine. This is produced in tropical forests and means for producers the sum of 30 billion dollars a year.";