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Vegans make faux escargot with avocados and silken tofu.  In the event of nuclear war, Switzerland has bunkers for all 8.42 million citizens. The bright orange colour of wood fires indicates the presence of sodium.  Today in 1974, the Bank of Canada hiked the lending rate to 9.25%%. Snails communicate by shell phone.  Made in 71 countries, YKK zippers come on 9,500 colours and 20 shades of black. Belgian endive, radicchio and sugarloaf are the three kinds of chicory.  This is Renaissance Day in Oman.  It costs 17¢ for the Bank of Canada to print a polymer banknote in the current Frontier series. My neighbour boycotts companies that sell things he can't afford.  While we make choices, we do not get to choose the resulting consequences. StatsCan has counted 49,431 farms in Alberta. Excessive talking can be a symptom of logorrhœa. Today in 1967, the Detroit Riots began. 43 died, 343 injured and 1,400+ buildings burnt. ...

There are 295 days until the end of the year. Four tonnes of grapes are needed to make a tonne of raisins. The first electric clothes dryer went on sale in 1938. Feral cats often live in colonies. Raisins are worried grapes.  The varenky, a.k.a. the perogie, is the national dish of the Ukraine. Small Claims Courts in Manitoba adjudicates claims up to $10,000. New Zealand has no snakes. Today in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union. God made snakes before lawyers as a practise exercise.  24-karat gold is 99.9% pure. There are three different ways to extinguish a fire. Those whose favourite colour is orange are optimistic and extroverted. The Bank of Canada was established on this date in 1935. There’s only thing wrong with my neighbour’s car is that it’s on fire. Jewellery was originally worn to ward off evil. The loonie is a hendecagon; an eleven-sided coin. The motorized forklift was invented in 1917...