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The Pied Piper leads the parade; this is Rat Catcher’s Day in Hamelin, Germany. Bread exposed to radiant heat for a period of time is called toast.  Cheers! Salut! Drink up! This is National Dairy Month.  The Canadian Coast Guard is under the purview of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Doctors and nurses at the Mayo Clinic do their best to care for wounded sandwiches. Today in 1959, the Queen and US President Eisenhower opened the St. Lawrence Seaway.  33.3% of Australians were born outside of the country. Mercury was the Roman god of thieves and tricksters.  Christmas became a legal holiday in the United States 149 years ago. A day on Mercury lasts about 1,408 hours, or about the same as an Earth Monday.  Buckwheat, rice, quinoa, sorghum and oats are gluten-free whole grains.  The £1.22 million attack submarine HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years. Today in 1990, Justice Minister Kim Campbell ta...

Facebook turns 15 today--it generates $55 billion and employs 30,000+ worldwide. Modern steamrollers are powered by diesel fuel.   $16,000 is the maximum one can claim in PEI’s Small Claims Court. The Hindu caste system divided people into five categories.  Folks are predicting the end of the world like there is no tomorrow.  The continent’s oldest lighthouse is on Sambro Island in Halifax Harbour, in operation for 261 years. Finns drink the most coffee in the world.  This is Independence Day in Sri Lanka. Marriott International is the world’s fourth-largest with 6,717 hotels and 1.2 million rooms. ’Tis a brave man who wears the kilt in February.  On this date in 2013, the penny was withdrawn from circulation. The Canadian Coast Guard operates 119 vessels and 22 helicopters. Giaourtiophobes struggle with an irrational fear of yogourt.   Rakotomalala is the most common surname in Madagascar.  Find a penny, p...