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Fast facts: The sale of chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt." In Russia, buying carnations or roses is a prerequisite for a first date. They must be given in odd numbers, because flowers given in even numbers are reserved for funerals. There are more than 100 offenses that carry the death penalty in Iran. A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Conn., prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.

 

On this date: Thursday September 6th, 2001 Juan Sebastian Del Cano completed the first circumnavigation of the world in 1522. The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States in an editorial in the Troy Post of New York in 1813. Radio's first broadcast of a prizefight, featuring Jack Dempsey's knock out defeat of Billy Miske, aired on Radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan in 1920. The Mattel Toy Corporation sold the first Barbie Doll in 1959.

 

Quotable... "I know there will be good lawyers who will disagree with me on this. If they are wrong, they will never have to face the victim's family and survivors - but I will." - District Attorney Wes Lane on restricting comment on the murder case against bombing conspirator Terry Nichols.