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19 Commonwealth countries are located in Africa. There are more than 300 kinds of bacteria in dental plaque. Today in 1898, Parliament created the Yukon Territory. The letter ‘W’ entered the alphabet in 1066; it was initially written as uu—double u. The young amœba was sad because his parents were about to split. The Swiss eat 11 kilos of chocolate annually. The moat is a type of fence. Pitbullls are a mix of bulldog and terrier.  From St. John’s to Victoria, 1.5 million cars on the road are 25 years old or older. My neighbour opened a Mars bar. He discovered Martians love Canadian Club. Seating 49,286 Blue Jay fans, Rogers Centre turns 30 this year. In the Persian language, there is no word for green.  The French introduced the cannon ball or round shot as a weapon, in 1450.  Tucker and Fuller come from from ‘fulling’ or ’tucking’;  a step in making woollen fabric. Baseball games are played at night because bats are ...

Today is Army Day in Brazil. The garnet gemstone was named after the seeds of the pomegranate. The Canadian Canoe Association is 119 years old. 1,343,098 Swazis celebrate King Mswati III's birthday in Eswatini, a.k.a. Swaziland.  Jewellery takes people’s mind off of a lady’s wrinkles.  Sell the lawnmower; AstroTurf went on sale for the first time 55 years ago. Today in 1984, CP Air became a national carrier by burying Eastern Provincial Airways. Stress is the fifth leading factor in skin breakouts. Kiwis relax and unwind in any of the nation’s 13 national parks. Airline pilots should take crash courses. The first lawyers were Athenian Orators.  The American Eel migrates from the Sargasso Sea to Niagara Falls and then the Labrador. Save the date, there are 615 days until Christmas. Today in 1927, New Brunswick legislators voted to take charge of alcohol sales. There are only two jokes about barristers and solicitors—the rest ar...