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Today in 1912, Wilby and Haney began the first cross-Canada auto trip. 52 days later they arrived in Vancouver. Bananas are an $11 million global industry. The British Empire was superseded by the Commonwealth in 1926.  There are two kinds of freckles. A voyage of 1,000 kilometres begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire. Throughout the 50 United States of America, this is National Banana Lovers’ Day. Dry rot is commonly treated with antifreeze. It is illegal for Monegasques to gamble in any of Monaco’s casinos. In 1969, Burger King's first Canadian restaurant opened in Windsor ON—now we have 281 BKs Canadawide.  There is a hotdog that constantly cracks jokes--it's on a roll.  ‘April showers bring May flowers’ first appeared—in 1557—written as a lesson in patience.  Cavendish bananas are cloned. Every one is genetically identical.  Opening a factory in St. Catherines, ON in 1910, a 1912 REO was first to cross the n...

This is independence Day for three million Moldovans. Hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and tropical storms have killed 2 million+ in  200 years. Laugh often, trigger HGH, that boosts the immune system, be less likely to fall ill.  There are more than 16,500 hospitals on the planet. When the mercury hit 44°C, my shadow melted on the sidewalk. The word Canuck entered the lexicon in 1835. Say ‘good-bye’ to summer in 26 days. Today, in 1912, Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney left Halifax in a REO for the first car trek across the Dominion. They arrived in Victoria 52 days later. The most common surname in Jamaica is Brown. Knowledge is power and power corrupts—it's obvious that when you study hard, you will be evil.  Toronto scientists have replaced barley with weed to create a world first-beer with a buzz. Germany added Samoa to the Second Reich in 1900. August owes its name to Augustus Caesar, founder and first ruler of the Roman Empire...