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Fast facts: Bugs hold special places in the hearts of many Japanese, who often keep crickets, beetles and fireflies as pets. In one second 6,242,000,000,000,000,000 electrons pass any given point in an electrical current. James J. Ritty, owner of a tavern in Dayton, Ohio, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop his patrons from pilfering house profits. All the world's main alphabets have developed from an alphabet invented 3,600 years ago in the Middle East known as the North Semitic Alphabet. If someone is "androphobic," they have an extreme, irrational fear of men. The banana is the world's largest herb.

 

On this date: In 1500, Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovered Brazil. In 1509, Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England. In 1903, the American Power Boat Association formed. In 1915, Germany became the first military to use poison gas (chlorine) during World War I. In 1954, the NBA adopted the 24-second shot clock and six team-foul rules. In 1955, Congress ordered all mints to make U.S. coins bear the motto "In God We Trust." In 1989, Nolan Ryan struck out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson). In 1991, Intel released the 486SX chip.

 

Quotable... "Some have likened the situation ... to last year's Sept. 11 tragedy, a crisis which shocks the heart and soul and which must spark immediate and decisive changes in order to prevent possible recurrence in the future." - Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston about the abuse scandal affecting the Roman Catholic community.