California has the highest percentage of serial homicides in the nation — 16%.
Maine has none.
On March 9, 1997, more Americans were logged on to AOL than were watching CNN.
Two years ago, an AOL bigwig predicted that in five years, AOL activity would
start to surpass viewership on some cable channels — making him three years
ahead of schedule.
The weight of all the bugs consumed by spiders every year adds up to the
combined weight of every person on the planet.
The French writer Georges Perec once wrote a novel of several hundred pages
that did not contain a single instance of the letter “e.” It was recently
translated into English without any “e”s.
Betty Boop once had a puppy named “Pudgy.”
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.
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This article appears in May 23 • 1997 and May 23 • 1997 (Cover).