Mr. Smarty Pants

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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The emergency number in Japan is 110.

Allan Melvin, who played Barney Hefner on All in the Family, did the voice of Magilla Gorilla.

Quebec City is the only walled city in North America.

British marketers are starting to advertise to dogs by using dog's-eye-level, faux-dog-urine-scented posters put on lampposts. The posters are for the TV station Animal Planet.

By swapping out ballasts with a new device, scientists from MIT have found a way to use the flicker of fluorescent lamps to form a network capable of transmitting data.

The above is information that Mr. Smarty Pants read in a book, magazine, or newspaper; heard on the radio; saw on television; or overheard at a party. Got facts? Write to Mr. Smarty Pants. Why not visit mrsmartypants.com?

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