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10 June 2019

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Mmm good! Customers in 120 countries can buy Campbell’s Soup. Countries with the highest rate of drunkenness are the US, the UK and Canada.  Today in 1967, Israel ended the Six-day War. 3% of Belgian children are born and raised vegan.  To make a soup richer, add 24 karats.  At this very moment, more than 40 wars rage around the world. Top Secret, Secret and Confidential are how Ottawa defines sensitive material. With 10,000+ beds, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan is the world’s largest. Today is Navy Day in Italy. Hospitals are I.V. league institutions.  A red flag unfurled in battle was once a signal to ‘fight to the death’.  We have been eating Timbits for 48 years. To skip rocks a calm body of water, a smooth, flat stone and fancy wrist action are needed. The name Martin comes from Mars, the Roman god of war.  Join the Royal Canadian Army, travel to exotic places, meet strangers, then kill them. ...

30 September 2018

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10,000+ moved to Oz from China, India and the UK in 2017, the hotspot for millionaires.  Real butterscotch never contains milk.  The 14th Dalai Lama is 83 years old. The first animated film appeared in cinemas in 1906. The food served to prison guards can last for sentries.  A walrus has 450 whiskers called vibrissae.  In  A.D. 1489 the book Natural and Unnatural Magic  explained the procedures behind tricks. de Beers mines diamonds in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Canada. No one ran against George Washington in the presidential race of 1792. Librarians file Tesla’s books on electricity under ‘Current Affairs’.  Women have twice as many pain receptors as men.  The Aztec calendar was divided into 18 months of four, five-day weeks. Exported from Canada to the US are the: Chev Equinox, Impala & Silverado; Chrysler 300 & Pacifica; Cadillac XTS; Dodge Caravan, Challenger, Demon & Charger; F...