![Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.](/assets/img/quote-photos/ms-wormwood-calvin-can-you-tell-us-what-lewis-and-clark-did-calvin-no-but-i.jpg)
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