Possible FAQs: single-quote and rename database

Hello:

I have two questions that might be FAQs (apologies in advance):

(1) Why does the parser choke on backslashed single-quote characters?  Or,
in other words, why doesn't this work:

testing=> \d bubba
Table    = bubba
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
|          Field           |              Type                | Length|
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
| litbub                   | varchar()                        | 60    |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
testing=> insert '\'' into bubba;
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "'"

(2) How does one rename a database?  Other than dump/destroydb/restore,
obviously.

TIA

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