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In 100 days we ring in the year 2020. Sweden's Carl XVI Gustaf is the seventh monarch of the House of Bernadotte.  Turin is the home of Vermouth. The toponym Okanagan is Salish for 'place of water'.  New Year's is a publisher's holiday so you can't use use last year's calendar. Raggedy Ann was born in 1915; Raggedy Andy, five years later. The population of Regina is 1.162 million.  The surname Warren means 'dweller in or keeper of a game reserve. 131 years ago today, the first  National Geographic Magazine appeared. Czechs are most Praguematic.  It takes seven kilos of uranium-235 to build a deadly nuclear bomb. Goodwill operates 162 thrift stores in Canada and the US. Poles feast on clear, ruby-red borscht every Christmas Eve. This is the last day of summer. My neighbour must be a kamikaze pilot--all his jokes bomb. Wet burritos are eaten with a fork and knife. Australia's National Tartan was proclaimed in 1984....

On this date in 1850, California was admitted to the Union as the 31st of the United States. The biggest diamond producers are: Botswana; Russia and Canada. As much as 20% of all hydro outages in the USA are caused by squirrels. While researching a cure for AIDS, scientists at the Mayo Clinic accidentally created glow-in-the-dark cats. Owners who do not spay or neuter their cats may be charged with kitty littering. Brontophobes suffer from the irrational fear of thunder. 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine. A horse has 205 bones. New Zealand’s Prime Minister appoints an Official Wizard. Cats keep law and order through claw enforcement.  Facebook was launched in 2004. Bricks turn grey in colour when fired at a temperature of 1 300°C. Time for a picnic! Today is National Teddy Bear Day. Prince Hans-Adam of Leichtenstein is Europe’s wealthiest reigning monarch. Polar bears that migrate to Florida quickly become solar b...

200,000 pedestrians walked the new 1.6-km long Golden Gate Bridge, today in 1937.  There are two genres of crossword puzzles. The singular of lasagna is lasagne. Sunday’s child is full of grace. Vancouver’s Karma restaurant has no menu. Diners get what they deserve.  2.8 million Canadians live outside the country. The second most common phobia on the planet is ophidiophobia , the fear of snakes. Society of Saint Vincent de Paul serves the poor, hungry and homeless in 132 countries. Earth’s densest moose population is in Newfoundland, causing 500 to 600 moose-vehicle crashes a year.  Claustrophobic cosmonauts require space.  In order to take flight, a butterfly’s temperature must be 30°C. More than 20,000 Canadians’ identities were stolen in 2014. According to the Thai Colour Calendar, wearing red on Sunday brings good luck. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss “I stand corrected,” said ...