There Was More to Comedy Legend Don Knotts Than Anyone Ever Knew

Hometown

Knotts not only attended school in West Virginia, but he was born there, too. Don was conceived after his parents had already raised the rest of their family, and his father actually suffered a nervous breakdown at the thought of raising another child.

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The More You Know

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  • Where the Wild Things Are was supposed to have been about horses—but the illustrator couldn't draw them.
  • The Japanese created a smoke alarm for those who can't hear, which pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air to alert them.
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