Mr. Smarty Pants

Beetles, Scientology, questions, stars, and soft drinks

Elevators on gravity, John Wayne on radioactive dirt, and more on more

Cream of tartar, Pasadena, and more than you ever cared to know about Amy Gordon

Plywood, water, the human heart, the kilogram, and Clint Eastwood

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lee Harvey Oswald, Phil Collins, Edwin Booth, and Caligula

John Lennon, GABA, chimps, frazil ice, and out-of-this-world real estate

Shemp, ‘O Holy Night,’ bathrooms vs. kitchens, and House Bill 81

Fingernails, human population, Comic Sans, U-shaped pins, and Ashton Kutcher

Patron saints of drug dealers; oatmeal for horses; Toad Suck, Ark.; and more

Porta-potties and President Obama, ‘prunes’ and ‘cheese,’ and other interesting tidbits