Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

The side of the moon that faces away from us – what many call "the dark side of the moon" – gets just as much sunlight as the side we see.

Musicogenic epilepsy is an exceedingly rare condition in which patients have seizures after listening to certain music. All the case reports talk about them being triggered by specific songs or specific tunes and specific singers.

The first radio program ever broadcast was a reading and violin recital of "O Holy Night" on Christmas Eve, 1906.

Each eruption of Old Faithful contains about 8,500 gallons of water.

David Johansen, aka Buster Poindexter, lead singer of the New York Dolls, had a small role as a grocery delivery boy in the 1967 movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (billed as "Skip Martin").

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