Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
An example of esoteric knowledge is ____ (oops...it's a secret).

William Shatner has starred in one of only two movies (Incubus, 1965) to be made in Esperanto.

In German, there are two ways to say "per capita" (per head). The formal version is "pro kopf," which means "per head." But the colloquial expression is "die nase," or "per nose."

According to a study at the Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders at Washington University, if teens act "young and stupid," it may be because of their brain development; areas of the brain that hold back impulsivity and stimulate rational thought are thought to be among the last to mature.

Zoidberg (as in Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama) is Squiddish for "smarty pants."
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