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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

By Mr. Smarty Pants, March 5, 2010, Columns

The band Poison demands that an American Sign Language interpreter must be available on request at each concert.

You can still fart after you die.

The first definition of the word "cocktail" appeared in print in 1806: It was defined as "a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters – it is vulgarly called bittered sling."

Oysters are protandrous.

On Jan. 4, 2010, the National Weather Service began using 1-inch hail or larger as the standard a storm must meet in order to be classified as a "severe thunderstorm." The previous standard had been three-quarter-inch hail (penny-sized).

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