More criminals are condemned to death in the Harris County, Texas, courthouse than anywhere else in the world.

According to an interview in the New Yorker, actress Glenn Close was once a member of the arch-conservative singing group Up With People.

Robert Boyle, a 17th-century physicist and chemist, recommended enemas of tobacco smoke, and eye lotions of powdered human feces.

Budapest foodstands carrying longush, a fast food treat of fried dough, sour cream, and garlic, are quickly being replaced by the likes of McDonald’s, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut.

The name of the big alligator gunned down in the film Bloody
Mama is “Ole Joe.”

This article appears in May 12 • 1995 and May 12 • 1995 (Cover).

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