Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows is a weekly humor/trivia column by R.U. Steinberg that has appeared weekly in The Austin Chronicle since September 1988.
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Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Beetles, Scientology, questions, stars, and soft drinks

Mr. Smarty Pants, Feb. 24, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Elevators on gravity, John Wayne on radioactive dirt, and more on more

Mr. Smarty Pants, Feb. 17, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Cream of tartar, Pasadena, and more than you ever cared to know about Amy Gordon

Mr. Smarty Pants, Feb. 10, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Plywood, water, the human heart, the kilogram, and Clint Eastwood

Mr. Smarty Pants, Feb. 3, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lee Harvey Oswald, Phil Collins, Edwin Booth, and Caligula

Mr. Smarty Pants, Jan. 27, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
John Lennon, GABA, chimps, frazil ice, and out-of-this-world real estate

Mr. Smarty Pants, Jan. 20, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Shemp, 'O Holy Night,' bathrooms vs. kitchens, and House Bill 81

Mr. Smarty Pants, Jan. 13, 2011

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Fingernails, human population, Comic Sans, U-shaped pins, and Ashton Kutcher

Mr. Smarty Pants, Jan. 6, 2011

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Dec. 31, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Dec. 24, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Patron saints of drug dealers; oatmeal for horses; Toad Suck, Ark.; and more

Mr. Smarty Pants, Dec. 17, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Porta-potties and President Obama, 'prunes' and 'cheese,' and other interesting tidbits

Mr. Smarty Pants, Dec. 10, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
California Raisins, the 'beard movement,' 12-minute Frankenstein, nonchicken McNuggets, and gold's peak

Mr. Smarty Pants, Dec. 3, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Black panthers, Sherwood Forest, Texas mortgages, not Snoop Dizzle, and potato-time

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 26, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Viagra and pandas, helmets and death, Ohio and East Texas, etc.

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 19, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Pregnant Puritans, potatoes, and more

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 12, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Spam in Hawaii, toads in China, and more in here

Mr. Smarty Pants, Nov. 5, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Jimmy Carter, loam, Lassie, figs, and expenses

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 29, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Spanish Jews, vegetarians, oxen, Gandhi, and tater tots

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 22, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 15, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Snoop Dogg, Vikings, and more fun facts

Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 8, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Oct. 1, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 24, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 17, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 10, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Sept. 3, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 27, 2010

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Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 20, 2010

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Aug. 13, 2010

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The criminal justice system, Barry Manilow™, and more

Mr. Smarty Pants, Aug. 6, 2010

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