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BMW manufactures vehicles in seven countries. The University of New Brunswick was founded today in 1800. A piano has more than 10,000 moving parts. In 2020, Skateboarding will be an Olympic event for the first time. Piano: A parlour utensil used to subdue impertinent visitors. ~Ambrose Pierce The word electricity first appeared in the lexicon in 1646. On this date in 1912, the Vancouver Sun hit newsstands for the first time. A gram of human fæces—about the weight of a paperclip—contains up to 3 trillion germs. Rhubarb is a vegetable, except in the United States, where it is--by law--a fruit. Germs attack people where they’re weakest—hence all the head colds. ~Mark Twain 10118 is the ZIP Code for the Empire State Building. Folk and Dunham are the two major classifications of limestone. From Tuktoyaktuk to Pelee Island, 67.8% of us own our own homes.  February’s birthstone is the amethyst. Motivational speakers remind us not to t...

The United States Marine Corp was founded today in 1775. The black currant can live for 15 to 30 years in the wild.  Manufacturing giant Unilever buys a third of the world’s tea production. There are more than 130 pyramids in Egypt.  He was only a whisky maker but she loved him still.  The last letter of the alphabet in Icelandic, Swedish and Finnish is Ö. More than 25% of the world’s annual e-mails are sent during holidays.  Today in 1975, the ore carrier   SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank, with all 29 hands on board. St. Uguzon is the patron saint of cheesemakers.  Our noses run and our feet smell.  As observed throughout the 50 United States, this is National Vanilla Cupcake Day.  Doberman pinschers were traditionally bred as guard dogs. One out of every 33 people on the planet are international migrants, a.k.a. refugees. Tonight in 1932, Foster Hewett called the first Hockey Night in Canada broadcast on the...