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The stapler was patented in 1866. Today in 1982, Bill C-201 received Royal Assent; changing the name of Dominion Day to Canada Day.  The grandfather clock has kept time since 1670. Albania’s oil reserves are Europe’s largest.  Those who avoid calligraphy will never have well formed characters. Eight food types are responsible for 90% of all food allergies. A master cabinet maker’s title is ebeniste. On this day in 1967, Man and His World, a.k.a., Expo ’67 closed. The world’s fair played host to 40,300,000 visitors. Honeybees never sleep.  My neighbour thinks that sleeping is so easy that he can do it with his eyes shut.  21 months is the shelf life of molasses. The flintlock musket was invented in Europe; the year was 1550.  Plums are clingstone cultivars while prunes are freestone.  On this date in 1992, the National Post was published for the first time. A lawyer who becomes a cook is a sue chef.  ...

A mari usque ad mare, 37 million mark Canada’s 151st birthday with parades, picnics and fireworks. Citizens of Burundi, Rwanda and Somalia mark their independence days this July 1st. The fewest babies are born in the month of February. It is estimated that as many as 20,000 shipwrecks lay in watery graves, off the coast of Atlantic Canada. Our main exports are hockey stars and cold fronts. Our #1 imports are baseball players and acid rain. ~ Pierre Trudeau A third of Montréalers change residences on July 1st, earning the unofficial holiday nickname of ‘Moving Day’. Camel's milk is richer in iron, vitamins, minerals and contains less fat than cow’s milk. Titanium has the highest tensile strength to density ratio of any metal; Tungsten ranks #2. Flying high over the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada’s largest flag measures 18 metres by nine. Canada is America’s attic.  Mormons worship in 159 temples in more than 40 countries-11 more are cu...