Mr. Smarty Pants
The farandolae of trivia's mitochondrion.
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., March 9, 2001
President Herbert Hoover once said, "One of the consolations of orthodox religion is that it provides a hot hell for the Texas Legislature."
The ancient Greeks found that if a piece of amber was rubbed against a fur cloth, it would mysteriously attract small pieces of straw. They named the strange force that they had stumbled across after this stone. The Greek word for amber is "elektron."
A single Amazonian river may harbor more types of fish than are found in all the rivers of Europe combined.
The band Sha Na Na performed its seventh career performance at the Woodstock Festival.
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