Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

A hypothesized planet, a triple-double season, and more

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
There is a hypothesized planet called Tyche in the asteroid belt (Oort Cloud) that could be four times bigger than Jupiter.

Oscar Robertson is the only NBA player to average a triple-double for an entire NBA season.

House Joint Resolution 123, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2011, rescinded the 1899 application of the 26th Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.

R.L. Stine, mega-selling children's author of the Goosebumps series and others, was also the creator of the Scholastic Press humor magazine Bananas (1975-1984).

Moonshine accounts for almost 30% of the world's alcohol drinking.

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