25 is a perfect square.

At age 25, Martha Stewart was on her way to becoming a stockbroker for Monness, Williams, and Sidel. Tommy Hilfiger went bankrupt. Mark Cuban was a bartender in Dallas. And J.K. Rowling came up with the idea for the Harry Potter series on a train.

According to SplashData, a provider of password management applications, the 25th worst password of 2012 was “password1.”

“25 Minutes to Go” is a song featuring gallows humor by Shel Silverstein, from his 1962 album Inside Folk Songs.

The human body contains 206 bones total: 26 bones are located in each foot and ankle, meaning there are 52 bones altogether in your feet. Which means (roughly) 25% of your bones are located in your feet.

Thank you everybody! Happy 25 years from “Mr. Smarty Pants Knows.”

This article appears in September 20 • 2013.

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