Film Firsts
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
Replaced by Ronald
Speedee, a chef with a hamburger-shaped face, was the original McDonald's mascot.
Still on the Books
In Zion, Ill., it is illegal to give a pet a lighted cigar.
State Stats
In Death Valley, Nev., the kangaroo rat can live its entire life without drinking a drop of liquid.
Quotable
by Agatha Christie, English author (1890-1976)
"It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story."
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