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Fast facts: Japanese companies pass out free tissues to commuters on weekday rail and bus routes as a way of advertising their products and providing something to wipe with - most bathrooms don't have paper towels or toilet paper. Women, hide your rings! An old Ethiopian tradition requires a bride's jewelry to be removed after the wedding and a replica tattooed on her skin. Keep the boats in the water and off the streets because in Breton, Ala., you can be arrested for riding down the street in a motorboat. You think traffic is bad now? Julius Caesar banned all wheeled vehicles from Rome during daylight hours because it took him too long to get to work. Don't forget to leave your pet giraffe at home because in Atlanta; it is illegal to tie your tall friend to a telephone pole or street lamp.

 

On this date: Wednesday August 29th, 2001 In 1690, the Publick Occurrences, the earliest American newspapers, published its first and last issue on this day. In 1789, the United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. In 1954, Elvis was definitely in the building when he made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry stage. In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor redefined the meaning of female power as she became the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court bench when she was sworn in as the 102nd Justice.

 

Quotable... "There is no way one can talk of peace when there is fighting in one's backyard." - Adolphe Onusumba, head of the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy, on finalizing a peace agreement in Congo.