Dave Barry

US columnist, humorist and Pulitzer Prize Laureate

He was born in 1947. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.

Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.
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What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.
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