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Today in 1908, the first dial telephone system was installed in Calgary. The top hat was invented by George Dunnage in England. The year was 1793. 8% of people around the world suffer from zoophobia, the irrational fear of animals. The Supreme Court’s nine justices represent our four major regions. A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. ~Frederick the Great Today in 1932, 10,000 seized the Colonial Building in St. John’s, to protest corruption in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The surname Spooner is derived from the occupation of making wooden roof shingles. The term for an elderly horse is a nag.  Smuggling was so prevalent in 1275 that Edward I created English Customs to tax imports. The Canadian Revenue Agency must love the poor—it makes so many of them. Since opening day in 1955, Disneyland has played host to more than 600 million visitors. IBM has been awarded five Nobel Prizes. The Vietnam War is called the American War in Vie...

The human heart’s outer wall consists of three layers. Argentina is the eighth largest country on Earth. For fluffier pancakes, add buttermilk to the batter. First used in TB sanitariums, the modern electric blanket appeared in 1921. Don’t take life too seriously—you won’t get out alive.  The word ‘vegan’ was coined in 1944. Haphephobes struggle with the irrational fear of being touched. A wheelbarrow-sized cement mixer costs $343 at Canadian Tire.   Hurricanes typically span 600 to 800 kilometres.  The Canada Revenue Agency has what it takes to get what we’ve got.  Sierra Leone does not have old age pensions.  Ford, GM, Chrysler, Honda and Toyota built 2.2 million vehicles  in Canada, in 2017.  Sharks have seven rows of teeth. Women have cast ballots in federal—but not provincial—elections for 100 years.  The Bermuda Triangle has drifted to Greenland; now Santa is missing.  Butter is 80% ...