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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

By Mr. Smarty Pants, April 12, 2013, Columns

Q-tips were invented in the 1920s by Leo Gerstenzang. He originally called them "Baby Gays."

Recent research by Dr. David G. Amen (of the Amen Clinics) says there are six types of ADD/ADHD, each requiring its own treatment protocol. And commonly prescribed medications like Adder­al and Ritalin can aggravate symptoms in four of the six types, Amen says.

Besides being famous, what do John Rhys-Davies, Lindsay Lohan, and Dennis Rodman have in common? According to USA Today, they owed money to the IRS as of 2012.

In 1959, the American Embassy in Kathmandu issued "Regulations Gov­ern­ing Mountain Climbing Expeditions in Nepal – Relating to Yeti." It stipulated three rules: Yeti hunters must pay the Nepalese government for a permit; hunters can photograph, but not kill, any Yeti they see, and must turn any photos or captured Yeti over to Nepali officials; and new findings must go through Nepalese channels before going public.

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