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Today marks the birth of the Báb for practitioners of the Bahá’ï faith. A group of bakers is collectively known as a Tabernacle.  It has been 43 years since advertising was banned on CBC Radio. The apostrophe first appeared in France in 1529, to show a letter had been dropped from a word.  The third degree is a diploma for successful criminals.  Tonka Toys takes its name from ’Tanka’, the Dakota Sioux word for ‘great’ or ‘big’.  There are three categories of verbs in the English language. On this date in 1875, Icelandic immigrants founded Gimli, Manitoba.  Velveta was marketed as a nutritious health food in the 1920s and ’30s.  Patients must brace themselves for visits to the orthodontist.  Andorra has not been to war in nearly 1,000 years. Bread consists of two parts: the outside is called the crust, inside is the crumb. The Royal Canadian Navy was established in Halifax, today in 1910.  To speak to the...

Today in 1930, things got sticky when 3M introduced us to Scotch tape. The foggiest place on Earth is Newfoundland’s Grand Banks. Kernal Peanuts Limited is the nation’s largest producer of the tasty legume. The three types of muscles in our bodies are skeletal, visceral, and cardiac. Adolescence and snow are the only problems that will go away, when ignored. In India, Greece and Israel, 100 is the emergency number for the police. Chocolate milk was originally marketed as medicine. Folks in Québec are least likely to die of heart disease. Today, 77,281 Andorrans celebrate their national holiday, the Feast Day of  Our Lady of Meritxell. Honk if you love peace and quiet.  It is considered rude to keep one’s shoes on when entering Nordic, Austrian and Canadian homes. Two out of three humans have never seen snow. 2% of Andorra is arable. Today is National Ampersand Day.  Save whales. Collect the whole set. James May of Surr...