Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The video for REM's song "Everybody Hurts" was filmed on I-10 in San Antonio.

Crayola Crayons produces enough crayons per day to make a statue 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty. They have also produced enough crayons to go around the world 225 times.

Yellowstone is home to 80% of the world's geysers and more than half of its thermal features.

February 1999 was the third warmest February since 1880 for the globe as a whole, and since 1895 for the 48 contiguous United States.

Trichotillomania is the uncontrollable urge to pull out one's hair.


The above is information which Mr. Smarty Pants read in a book, a magazine, or the newspaper; heard on the radio; saw on television; or overheard at a party.

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The above is information that Mr. Smarty Pants read in a book, magazine, or newspaper; heard on the radio; saw on television; or overheard at a party. Got facts? Write to Mr. Smarty Pants. Why not visit mrsmartypants.com?

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