The United States/Canadian border is the longest unprotected border in the
world.

According to fung-scua, a type of Chinese spiritualism, people
shouldn’t have beamed ceilings in their master bedrooms. Beams could subject
them to headaches and the inability to succeed in life.

Tchaikovsky considered Brahms a “giftless bastard.”

Citizens of Salem, Oregon can obtain a drive-thru divorce, while citizens in
Las Vegas, Nevada can be married at a drive-thru wedding chapel.

The dog days of summer are named for the brightest star in the sky,
Sirius in the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog.
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 September 8 • 1995 and September 8 • 1995 (Cover).

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