The late Georgia Clark Gray was the first woman to be
U.S. treasurer. Her name appeared on $30 billion of currency. Dwight D.
Eisenhower replaced her with Ivy Baker Priest — the second woman to be
treasurer.
According to his daughter, Beatrice, Orson Welles was once a bullfighter.
Sharks will eat another shark that is wounded. At the same time, the wounded
one may go on eating if food is on hand even if it is a chunk of his own body
drifting by.
Automobile speedometers record voltages induced in a circuit by the wheel
revolutions.
On the TV show “Lost in Space,” Dick Tuffeld was the voice of The Robot, while
Bobby May actually played The Robot.
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 February 16 • 1996 and February 16 • 1996 (Cover).