Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

The average new car weighed 3,221 pounds in 1987 but 4,009 pounds in 2010.

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

Charlie Brown once had an imaginary dance partner named Emily.

In the 1940s, Superman defeated the Ku Klux Klan in a 16-episode series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross," which led to a drop in KKK recruitment.

Frank Sinatra preferred whiskey over marijuana.