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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

By Mr. Smarty Pants, March 14, 2003, Columns

A collection of 60 hand-carved wooden figures based on the Lord of the Rings books resides at the Gaston T. Gooch Library at Navarro College in Corsicana. The figures took 14 years to carve and were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Samuels of Corsicana.

According to one source, Cary Grant turned Timothy Leary on to LSD.

In 2001, Paris subway tickets were yellow, in 2002 they were green, and in 2003 they became purple. With its birth on July 19, 1900, the subway ticket was pink in first class, white in second, green for the return ticket.

True vegans cannot eat honey.

When the musical group Weezer appeared on The Late Show, David Letterman introduced them as "Tweezer."

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