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Fast facts: Put away that pocket change, because in Canada, if a debt is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it with pennies. Unless you want a fine, move your car off the street, because in Venezuela it is illegal for streets to be blocked on Christmas Eve because people rollerskate to church. Is that a bird on your head? In central Australia, it was once the custom for balding men to wear wigs made of emu feathers. You are better off sitting back down because dancing to "The Star-Spangled Banner" is against the law in several states. Just taking precautions - dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

 

On this date: Wednesday Septmeber 26th, 2001 In 1580, Sir Francis Drake became the first Briton to circumnavigate the globe In 1789, the road was paved for Colin Powell as America appointed Thomas Jefferson as its first secretary of state. In 1887, German inventor Emile Berliner, inspired by Thomas Edison's work, patented the predecessor of the record player in 1887 and called it a "gramophone." Let the music play! In 1957, American audiences almost forgot about Romeo and Juliet when a love-torn couple took the stage as "West Side Story" debuted in New York. In 1980, a nation saw celebration turn into tragedy as 13 people were killed and 200 more injured by a bomb explosion at a Munich beer festival.

 

Quotable... "The balls careen around for a while and you don't know what'll do it, but the end result, we would hope, would be a situation where the al-Qaeda is heaved out and the people in the Taliban who think that it's good for them and good for the world to harbor terrorists ... lose, and lose seriously." - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld comparing his strategy to a billiards game.