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Fast facts: RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, is a U.S. Law enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages. In Canada, if a debt is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it with pennies. Impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states in the United States. In 1932, Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" was banned in Ireland. In Atlanta it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment: Prohibition. Belgium is the only country that has never imposed censorship for adult films. According to the Recruitment Code of the U.S. Navy, anyone "bearing an obscene and indecent" tattoo will be rejected. Sidewalk acrobatics that might frighten horses are outlawed in Denver.

 

On this date: In 1804, the U.S. Congress ordered removal of American Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana. In 1812, an earthquake destroyed 90 percent of Caracas; about 20,000 died. In 1872, Thomas J. Martin patented the fire extinguisher. In 1926, the first lip-reading tournament was held in the United States. In 1953, Dr. Jonas Salk announced he found a new vaccine to prevent polio. In 1986, Geffen records signed Guns and Roses.

 

Quotable... "I could see where my house should have been and I knew it wasn't, but I tried to make myself believe it. My biggest concern is, where am I going to go now?" - Sandy Gilmore, a 46-year-old teacher and victim of New Mexico wildfires, about her destroyed house and life afterward.