About 17 percent more management consultants are employed in Scotland than in
any other European country except Greece.

One in seven Americans has arthritis.

When King Edward VII was Prince of Wales, his favorite Paris bordello
made him a special chair to use to heighten his sexual pleasure. The chair was
nicknamed siege d’amour.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails doesn’t have a middle name.

According to a recent survey by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc.,
working women are now providing about 50 percent of their families’ incomes.

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? Leave a message for Mr. Smarty Pants, at 454-5766, ext.
226 for possible inclusion in the column. E-mail: mrpants@auschron.com

This article appears in August 18 • 1995 and August 18 • 1995 (Cover).

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