Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., July 26, 1996
A "kenning" is a poetic comparison used in Old Norse and Old English literature. A term like "swan road" or "seal's field" could be used to describe the sea.
Eleven U.S. presidents were named after their fathers.
According to The Salary Calculator at http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html if you make $30,000 a year in Austin, Texas then you would need to make $35,849 in Seattle, Washington.
The Romans discovered how to make smoked cheese.
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