August 2, 1984, what comic strip was added to the Portsmouth Daily Times, making it the first comic strip to appear in 2,000 newspapers? A: Charles Schultz' "Peanuts"
Pierre L'Enfant was born on August 2, 1754. He was the engineer who designed what city? A: Washington, D.C. If Pierre could see what's going on there now he'd roll over in his urn.
On August 2, 1820, with hundreds watching in horror, Robert Johnson of New Jersey stood on the Salem County courthouse steps and bravely ate a deadly poisonous "love apple". And to everyone's amazement, nothing happened. Pretty soon everybody was eating love apples, which had been grown in America for years as an ornamental shrub, but no one dared eat the deadly fruit. What do we call them? A: Today love apples are called "tomatoes". Makes you want to run right out and eat a horse apple, huh? Well, don't.
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