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In the earliest version, Little Red Riding Hood was Italian. Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the medical term for brain freeze. Today in 1968, Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as the nation’s 15th Prime Minister. The plural of mongoose is mongooses.  The world would be a kinder, gentler place if we ate more ice cream.  The Detroit River is 44 kilometres in length.  As a member of the goose-foot clan, spinach is related to beets. On this date in 1989, the last  $1 paper bill was printed. The most common surnames in Jamaica are Campbell, Brown and Clarke. You can’t borrow money from leprechauns because they’re a little short. As copper oxidizes, the green carbonate that forms is called verdigris.  Adidas and Reebok are the second and third largest shoe manufacturers on the planet. Today in 1946, the League of Nations convened for the last time. Canada geese number more than five million.  One day we will need t...

Fun Facts for 30 May 2018 For a richer, more flavourful stew, stir in 15 millilitres of molasses. In 2016, Canadians dropped $7.5 billion on recreational vehicles. For maximum flavour, capers must be picked in the early morning hours. Finns start school at the age of seven. After a class trip to the Canada Dry bottler, there was a pop quiz.  Earth's oldest monarchy, Japan's Yamato Dynasty began to reign in 606 AD.  Ann Landers dispensed advice to millions of North Americans for 56 years.  The average person spends 87% of life indoors.  In 1854, Alabama was first to create a workers’ compensation board. Perfect southern women come with all conceivable belles and whistles. Poppin’ Fresh, Pillsbury’s Doughboy, was born on 18 March 1965.  The legal age of consent is eleven in Nigeria, and thirteen in Japan. Ducks say ‘kwak kwak’ in English and 'kwaw kwaw' en français. Today,17,000 citizens of the British Territory of Ang...