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Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., July 29, 2005
William Howard Taft's wife Helen drove a 1909 Baker electric car.
According to the Gallup Organization, about a third of Americans believe Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is a scientific theory well supported by evidence.A March 2005 study by the British Royal Economic Society, analyzing the achievements and home backgrounds of 100,000 15-year-olds in 31 countries, found that the less students used computers at school and at home, the better they did on international tests of literacy and math.
In the 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi three of Jabba the Hutt's skiff guards are named Klaatu, Barada, and Nikto.
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