Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Forrest Gump's soft-porn origins, and Oprah knows molting

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to Oprah Winfrey, we each shed 1.5 million skin cells per hour.

Tom Hanks may have based some of Forrest Gump's aspects on those of a character played by his brother Jim Hanks in the soft-porn romp, Buford's Beach Bunnies. Jim's character, Jeeter Buford, is a naive, wide-eyed wanderer through life.

The name of the planet in the movie Forbidden Planet is Altair IV.

The Bates Casket company churns out a new casket, on average, every 50 seconds.

Rats can chew through glass, metal, and concrete, can fit inside a pipe as small as half an inch, and destroy about 20% of the world's food crop before it gets to market.
The above is information that Mr. Smarty Pants read in a book, magazine, or newspaper; heard on the radio; saw on television; or overheard at a party. Got facts? Write to Mr. Smarty Pants. Why not visit mrsmartypants.com?

A note to readers: Bold and uncensored, The Austin Chronicle has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands.

Support the Chronicle  

READ MORE
More Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants, July 12, 2024

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants, July 5, 2024

MORE IN THE ARCHIVES
One click gets you all the newsletters listed below

Breaking news, arts coverage, and daily events

Keep up with happenings around town

Kevin Curtin's bimonthly cannabis musings

Austin's queerest news and events

Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle