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Fast facts:
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One obscure superstition in America is that when moving to a new home, you should put the cat in through the window, not the door, so that the animal will not leave.
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Until the 1950s, Tibetans disposed of their dead by taking the body up a hill, hacking it into little pieces and feeding the remains to the birds.
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It is still illegal in to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car in the state of New York.
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In North Dakota, it is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
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Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii and Maine are the four states in the United States that do not allow billboards.
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On this date:
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In 1701, The Collegiate School of Connecticut, now Yale University, was chartered in New Haven, Conn.
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In 1855, seamstresses around the world let their fingers have a break when they heard that Isaac Singer of New York patented the sewing machine motor.
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In 1858, you might have needed to send that birthday card a little earlier. When the first mail service by stagecoach began between San Francisco and St. Louis, Mo., it took 23 days and four hours for the mail to reach its final destination.
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In 1930,Laura Ingalls became the first woman to fly across the United States. She completed a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.
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In 1936, Los Angeles became a brighter city when the first generator at Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, began transmitting electricity to the California metropolis.
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Quotable...
"The world understands that whilst, of course, there are dangers in acting, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater."
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair
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