Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Def Leppard keeps good company, Toxoplasma runs rampant, and more
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., March 10, 2006
Grover Cleveland was the only U.S. president to personally hang anyone. "Buffalo's Hangman" threw the noose and sprang the trap door on two convicted criminals while sheriff of Erie County, N.Y.
Def Leppard is one of only five rock bands with two original albums selling more than 10 million copies in the U.S. The others are the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Van Halen.Because the mass of a planet affects the strength of gravity, a 150-lb. person would weigh 380 lbs. on Jupiter and 10 lbs. on Pluto.
Half of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma, parasites in the body and the brain.
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