Things You Didn't Know
Since 1917, U.S. Gypsum Company has manufactured more than 9 billion 1/2ύ-thick, 4-by-8΄ SHEETROCK Brand Gypsum Panels. Stacked vertically, these panels would form a tower more than 71,000 miles high.
Gypsum is a naturally occurring rock made of calcium sulfate and water. Geologists call it hydrous calcium sulfate, or CaSO4 2H2O.
Early USG transport ships offered passenger sailings. The Gypsum King, the Gypsum Empress, and the Gypsum Prince were equipped to handle about a dozen passengers who, for $45 each, could book round-trip passage between Windsor, Nova Scotia, and New York. The fare included a stateroom and meals.
Remember the snow scene in the movie, Its a Wonderful Life? Those artificial snowflakes were you guessed it gypsum.
Over a lifetime, the average person consumes approximately 28 pounds of gypsum little by little.
