Strange but True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER

+ Bison -that iconic herd animal of the American West -may look ponderously slow, but looks can be deceiving. Able to achieve speeds of up to 45 mph, the creatures can outrun humans.

+ In a recent survey of Americans -Americans, mind you -respondents were able to name more of Disney's Seven Dwarves than Supreme Court Justices. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is the fact that more people who participated in the survey could name the Three Stooges than could name the three branches of government. (In case you were wondering, they are the Judicial branch, the Executive branch and the Legislative branch.)

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