STRANGE BUT TRUE - Oct. 15, 2009

• It was American columnist Franklin Pierce Adams who made the following sage observation: “Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.”

• If you’re like the average human, your heart will beat 100,000 times today.

• Before Humphrey Bogart became a famed star of the silver screen, he was famous for another reason. Bogart’s mother painted a portrait of little Humphrey as a baby, and that portrait was used as a trademark for Mellin’s baby-food company.

• John Quincy Adams was the first U.S. president to be photographed.

• If you’re a stargazer — or a...