Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Aug. 15, 2003
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe believed that the five known planets revolved around the sun, while the sphere of stars revolved around the immobile Earth once a day.
Far less than half of the 10 million men killed in World War I were ever identified or given a decent burial.
There is no history of rainfall in the town of Calama, located in Chile's Atacama Desert.
According to one source, the term "caught with your pants down" originated from the battle of San Jacinto when Sam Houston launched a surprise attack against Gen. Santa Anna's forces. At the time of attack, Gen. Anna was preoccupied with Emily West Morgan.
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