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Second only to China, India has more than 300 million SmartPhone users. Today in 1930, the British Empire (now Commonwealth) Games opened in Hamilton, Ontario. Every watermelon has an even number of stripes. Marco Polo dictated his travel memoirs to a romance novelist while both were prisoners. That unlimited cellphone plan—there’s no limit as to how much they can charge me. Buddhism was the first large-scale missionary movement in the history of world religions. 600,000 Solomon Islanders can tune in to the state broadcaster and two commercial FM radio stations. Kublai Kahn and Marco Polo were close friends. The Danish monarchy is more than 1,000 years old. Royal chairs are never throne out. Workers in Samsung’s six factories churn out two smartphones every second. Today in 1934, The United States military pulled out of Haiti after occupying the country for 19 years. Bach composed 1,128 pieces of music in his 65 years. The Belgian Congo was g...

132 years ago today, the first transcontinental Canadian Pacific passenger train departed Montréal. It arrived in Port Moody, BC on 4 July. 12.6% of the Bangladeshi work force is made up of child labourers aged five to fourteen. Because they stack and ship easily, Japanese farmers grow cubed watermelon.  Iceland has 2,000 sheep farms. Sherlock Holmes discovered the missing train by following its tracks.  As Canada's #1 circulating paper, The Toronto Star  hit newsstands in 1892. After being a Belgian colony for 52 years-today in 1960-The Congo gained independence. Wearing purple on Saturday brings good luck according to Thai folklore. More than 75% of Canadians gambled in 2017. Edmonton Journal headline: ‘Blind woman gets kidney from dad she hasn’t seen in years’. Founded in Vancouver in 1969, Greenpeace International has offices in 39 countries.  The oldest continuous labour organization in North America is the Internationa...