Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Aug. 30, 1996
According to an article in The New Yorker, Lee Harvey Oswald's old drinking buddy in Minsk was Mikhail Gorbachev.
In 1928, British novelist Evelyn Waugh married Evelyn Gardner. Friends referred to the couple as He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn.
The onion was very popular with the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews. Near the Gulf of Suez, in the year 172 BC, the Hebrews built the city Onias (translates to "onion"), which existed for about 250 years.
A Broadway tradition that began in 1950 still lives: On the opening night of every musical, a ceremonial Gypsy Robe is awarded to the chorus member who has appeared in more Broadway shows than anyone else in the cast.
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