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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

By Mr. Smarty Pants, February 2, 2007, Columns

Wile E. Coyote's middle name is Ethylbert.

In Iceland, heat-mining (geothermal energy technology) provides 90% of the country's heat, as well as a good portion of its electricity.

An English dictionary was seen as a way to spread Protestantism (as opposed to the Catholics, who used Latin).

On Sept. 10, 1956, Guy Mollet, then the French prime minister, came to London to discuss with his British counterpart, Sir Anthony Eden, the possibility of a merger between their two countries.

One-tenth of a cent is called a mill.

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