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After six long years of war, today in 1945, Imperial Japan surrendered to the Allies. There are 1 849 IMAX theatres around the globe. The largest is in Sydney, NSW. In the 16th Century, learning was considered to be 'children's work'.  The nation's 2 996 dry cleaning establishments clean up a $1 billion a year. Time is a great teacher but it ultimately kills all of its students.  The given name Earl comes from the Old English word meaning 'nobleman'.  According to StatsCan one of out every five  stalking victims will be physically assaulted. Smiles denote pleasure, sociability, happiness, joy or amusement. This is Independence Day for  212,742,631  Pakistanis, celebrated since 1947. 7.5 billion humans smile in the same language. Basal, reflex and psychic are the three types of tears. China, Turkey and Iran produce most of the world's watermelons. With the flourish of a pen, FDR signed the US Social Security Act, today in ...

In the earliest version, Little Red Riding Hood was Italian. Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the medical term for brain freeze. Today in 1968, Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as the nation’s 15th Prime Minister. The plural of mongoose is mongooses.  The world would be a kinder, gentler place if we ate more ice cream.  The Detroit River is 44 kilometres in length.  As a member of the goose-foot clan, spinach is related to beets. On this date in 1989, the last  $1 paper bill was printed. The most common surnames in Jamaica are Campbell, Brown and Clarke. You can’t borrow money from leprechauns because they’re a little short. As copper oxidizes, the green carbonate that forms is called verdigris.  Adidas and Reebok are the second and third largest shoe manufacturers on the planet. Today in 1946, the League of Nations convened for the last time. Canada geese number more than five million.  One day we will need t...

Cats can drink seawater.  This is the midpoint of 2018; today is the 183rd day of the year and 182 remain. Snowflakes, diamonds and table salt are all crystals. 25% of Canadians pay for transactions in cash.  In 2014 the Feline Confederation broke off talks with The Empire of Cats.  Per capita, Bulgarians are the world’s heaviest cigarette smokers. Rogers, Arkansas was where the first Wal-Mart store opened, today in 1962. The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation airs shows in German, French, Italian and Romansch. Now obsolete, Denmark’s Parliament ended cheques and chequing on 1 January 2017. No need to buy a tarantula at a pet shop when you can easily get one on the web. Baccarat of Paris is the world’s oldest and most prestigious maker of fine crystalware.  Pine cones have genders. 60% of US freight moves by 18-wheelers, 18% by pipelines, 10% by rail and 8% by ship. 43% of plastic surgery is for folks in the USA, Brazil, ...