Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Kato Kaelin once made a living delivering singing telegrams.

One of the principal deities of Ju-Ju, the central
African animist religion that became known as "voodoo,"
is "Ba-Ba-Lu Ai", an entity similar to Satan. The entity is
one and the same with "Babaloo," made famous by Desi Arnaz's character Ricky Ricardo.

The average cost to produce an infomercial is $500,000.

Ice cream cones produced at the Jay Cone Corporation -- the largest cone bakery in the U.S. -- are randomly tested for strength. This is accomplished by inserting golf balls into the cones until the cones break.

Kate Jackson never appeared in a bikini on Charlie's Angels.

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