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Fast facts: No patent can ever be taken on a gambling machine in the United States. Studies conducted by the psychology department at DePaul University show that the principal reason to lie is to avoid punishment. Rats can swim for half a mile without resting, and they can tread water for three days straight. In Japan, some restaurants serve smaller portions to women even though the charge is the same as a man's portion. The name of the statuette atop the hood of every Rolls Royce car is The Spirit of Ecstasy.

 

On this date: Tuesday October 2nd In 1608, the night sky got a little more interesting when Hans Lippershey of Middelburg, Netherlands, demonstrated the use of the first telescope. In 1919, health problems plagued the White House when former President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. In 1937, before entering the political arena, former President Ronald Reagan made his on-screen debut in the Warner Brothers release "Love is in the Air." In 1950, humor got a new face with the release of the comic strip "Peanuts." The series, created by Charles Schulz, made its debut in nine newspapers and later became the most-read comic in history.

 

Quotable... "This is about as American as it gets." - Rhonda Land, an air quality inspector on the picketing outside the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency yesterday.