4. Smart Earth

CHAPTER 4 SMART EARTH As any scientist will tell you, we exist in an ever-expanding multiverse with an infinite number of stars and planets. One of those planets, which orbits around the center star in Orion's Belt, is called Smart Earth. Smart Earth is almost identical to our Earth, except that everybody who lives on Smart Earth is a genius.

The reason everybody on Smart Earth is so smart is that the entire planet is made of an element called Zygo-Gogozizzle 24. Zygo-Gogozizzle 24 is a slightly radioactive substance that can bind with organic matter, morph into complex organisms, and be mixed with mayonnaise and dill-pickle relish to create both a tasty salad dressing and a clean- burning fuel source with enough power to light up an entire city. One of the remarkable side effects of being in close proximity to Zygo-Gogozizzle 24 is that it makes people much, much smarter than they normally would be.

Even though Smart Earth is inhabited by geniuses, it still has a lot of similarities to our Earth. They've got McDonald's (though it's called "Smart McDonald's"), they have smartphones (which are called "smart smartphones"), and they've got the Huffington Post (which is called "the Huffington Post"). One day, a smart scientist at Smart Harvard University decided to do an experiment.

It was the smartest, most intelligent experiment that anyone on Smart Earth had ever conducted. It was so incredibly smart, in fact, that it ended up being totally dumb. That afternoon in her laboratory, Smart Earth's smartest scientist mixed Smart Diet Coke with Smart Pop Rocks. Then she added a third ingredient to this highly volatile concoction: Smart Mentos. This is what happened:

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