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This is Vimy Ridge Remembrance Day, as we reflect on the valour our soldiers in WW1. The iPhone is the most popular personal device on the planet. Fourteen years ago today, Prince Charles married Camilla Parker-Bowles. Fingerprinting began in India—the year was 1858.  Marriage is between two people who swear only the other snores. Shadows are shorter in the spring and summer. The official religion of Greenland is The Lutheran Church of Denmark. Chromatics are dedicated to the scientific study of colour. Today in 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. A monastery is a consecration camp.  All Belgian school children are fingerprinted.  Botox injections cure lazy eye syndrome. In 1951, the birth control pill was conceived in Mexico. Today in 2007 Her Majesty rededicated the Vimy Memorial--90 years after our troops' victory on the ridge. Birth control is a complete evasion of the issue. Peop...

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