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Trivia: 09/10/12: That Just Bugs Me.

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE QUOTE: "Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities." HINT: (1964-), American diplomat, former think-tank fellow, and civil servant. RANDOM TIDBITS The first useful application for aerosol spray cans was introduced during World War II. Insecticide-filled "bug bombs," as they were called, helped protect American military personnel from disease-carrying insects. In the first season of the sitcom Full House, John Stamo's character was an exterminator named Jesse Cochran. He later found a better job as a jingle writer and rock musician and a decidedly more Greek last name: Katsopolis. Guitarist Greg Ginn of punk band Black Flag revealed that, although the band's moniker wasn't specifically inspired by the popular brand of insect-control products, they didn't mind the connection: "I...