Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Author/weight-loss guru Gwen Shamblin's program is based upon believing in God.

Without myelin, the human brain would have to be 10 times bigger than it is now and we would have to eat 10 times as much to maintain it.

The famous thoroughbred Seabiscuit ran 50 races before his great speed and stamina emerged with consistency.

The color of the universe is turquoise.

When Lisa Gherardini, Mona Lisa, turned 16, she had to marry Francesco di Bartolomeo de Zanobi del Giocondo, age 35, due to a marriage arranged by her father. Mona is the Italian contraction for madonna, or "my lady."

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