There are 336 dimples on a golf ball.
On Jan. 5, 1979, jazz great Charles Mingus died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, at the
age of 56. That same day, 56 whales beached themselves on the Mexican coast.
F.D.R. thought up the name for the United Nations while he was in the shower.
According to economist Arthur P. Hall, the annual cost of complying with the
U.S. income tax and the IRS is $225 billion — the equivalent to destroying
every vehicle produced by Ford, plus more than a third of Chrysler.
The best-selling toy of all time is the rubber ball.
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
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This article appears in February 21 • 1997 and February 21 • 1997 (Cover).