Mr. Smarty Pants
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Sept. 20, 2002
The character Ben Grimm -- otherwise known as the Thing (of Fantastic Four comic book fame) -- is Jewish, and artist Jack Kirby once drew him with a yarmulke and prayer shawl.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a new atomic clock that will measure a Mercury ion that cycles one quadrillion times a second.
Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is a botanical buff.
Doing the tarantella used to be a privilege reserved only for Mafia godfathers.
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