Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
It's against the law to place salt on a railroad track in Alabama.

Leading garbologists say the middle class produce less garbage than either the rich or the poor.

According to one source, the expression "mad as a hatter" came about because the chemicals once used to soften and treat wool hats eventually caused madness.

Former cannibals in the islands of the South Pacific now prefer the rich taste of Spam.

The Aetherians, a religious sect that originated in England during the 1950s, believe that both Jesus and Buddha are from the planet Venus.

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