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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

By Mr. Smarty Pants, March 12, 2004, Columns

According to legend, on Feb. 20, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower interrupted his vacation in Palm Springs, Calif., to make a secret nocturnal trip to a nearby Air Force base to meet two extraterrestrial aliens.

Jermaine Jackson's son's name is Jermajesty.

The 13th Amendment, which freed the slaves, was not ratified by Delaware until 1901; Kentucky, 1976; and Mississippi, 1995.

Mississippi is the most corrupt state in the United States, and Nebraska is the least corrupt, according to a first-ever ranking of the states released by Corporate Crime Reporter.

George Washington rode a chariot to the May 4, 1775, convening of the Continental Congress.

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