The notability is put in there so that Wikipedia wouldn't get filled with crap made up by bored teenagers during the school break. The notability bar is not that that even high. Basically, there must be some third-party publication ("reliable reference", so preferably a professional, a journalist or something) to talk about that subject. Every claim should, theoretically, be supported by a third-party. Most people who complain about the impossibly high notability are spammers or people who created articles about themselves or their own activities. I agree there are instances when relatively notable articles get deleted, but that happens because the creator of the article doesn't care enough to bring sources.

The people live longer, so the average age is increasing and with the age, so do the chances of getting cancer. Statistics for each age group remained constant.

Federal laws, like all federal works, are public domain.

Works made by the state and city-level government are, however, copyrighted.

The altimeter was pressure-based, so it was not very accurate, hence the constant changes.

At 32 km (107,000 feet), the atmosphere is practically inexistent (the air pressure is less than 1% of the one at sea level), but the gravity is 99% of the one at sea level.

I'm very curious to learn which is their business plan. Could it be "pay us a gazillion dollars or we won't use our technology against the asteroid"?

Polio kills only around a thousand a year, down from hundreds of thousands each year, and there are efforts to eradicate it completely.

An even better example is smallpox. It killed hundreds of millions of people before it was completely eradicated in 1979.

I already voted with a few sockpuppets and I'm trying to remember the passwords for the rest of my accounts. Surprisingly, it worked to use the same IP address. (note that you need accounts with 25 edits prior to the beginning of the vote)

Well, in most of continental Europe, claiming that "The Holocaust didn't happen" will land you in jail for a few years, too.

The moon was born on 16 September, 1908, at least that's what google says.