Mister Smarty Pants Knows
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., April 4, 1997
Dust mites living in human bedding eat skin cells that have been shed. It is estimated 25% of an old pillow's weight is that of mites.
A digital watch contains more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1961.
The last time the Hale-Bopp comet was seen in the night sky, the Egyptian pyramids were only 400 years old and the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs had not even built their empires.
One 19th-century etiquette book said it was okay for a woman to cover her face with a napkin -- then she could pick her teeth.
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