Mr. Smarty Pants
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., July 27, 2001
In 1874, Henry Woodward, a medical student from Toronto, patented the first incandescent lamp. He later sold a share of his patent to Thomas Edison.
The highest wind speed ever calculated was in excess of 1,000 mph. It was on Saturn.
There have been recent accounts of baboons seeking revenge against humans. In once such incident, stone-throwing baboons in Saudi Arabia waited three days on the side of a mountain road to take revenge on a driver who had killed one of their pack.
Pregnant women who eat large amounts of licorice could be at greater risk of having their babies prematurely.
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