According to one Siberian legend, drinking reindeer blood helps prevent illness
and disease.
Elephants who are put on hormones to prevent them from becoming pregnant may
become moody, broody, and violent. Using hormones is easier than trying to fit
them with condoms, however.
Recent studies show that more teenagers are using the Ouija board to reinforce
their religious beliefs than to join forces with Satan.
In her latest book, Brigitte Hamann claims that Adolph Hitler wasn’t always
anti-Semitic. In other Hitler news, Italian wine merchant Lunardelli is
marketing a Hitler Merlot that is “shy, timid, a little sweet, and not
aggressive at all.”
Researchers at the University of Cologne claim to have transmitted Mozart’s
40th symphony at velocities far in excess of the speed of light.
The above is information which Mr. Smarty Pants read in a book, a
magazine, or the newspaper;
heard on the radio; saw on television; or
overheard at a party. Got any facts?
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This article appears in December 20 • 1996 and December 20 • 1996 (Cover).