Mister Smarty Pants Knows
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Sept. 26, 1997
At least 20 million sea horses are captured and processed annually to be used for making medicines, aphrodisiacs, aquarium exhibits, curios, and delicacies.
It was Davy Crockett who was indirectly responsible for naming the neighborhood on the westside of midtown Manhattan "Hell's Kitchen."
If one assumed Michael Jordan will make $40 million in endorsements in 1998, he'll be earning $178,100 a day whether he works or not. Yet he would have to save 100% of his income for 270 years to have a net worth equivalent to that of Bill Gates.
Johnny Carson, not Carl Sagan, coined the phrase "billions and billions."
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