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Today in 1855, Charlottetown was incorporated as a city. The brain transmits information at the rate of 431.3 kilometres an hour. The CMA says It is impossible to become addicted to chocolate. Red-winged blackbirds can number as many as a million in a flock. The only thing better than a good friend is a good friend with chocolate. The name Matthew means gift of God. In 1907, Nova Scotia became the first province to set speed limits for horseless carriages. One can buy Marmite-flavoured milk chocolate in the UK. Today in 1998, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Toronto-Dominion Bank announced a merger. Nothing in the universe travels faster than a bad cheque. 28% of folks in BC sport a tattoo; Quebecers are second at 25%. The CBC and Radio-Canada employ 7,555 people. Rainforests cover 2% of Earth but it is home to half the world’s flora and fauna. It costs $3,300 a year to operate a compact gas-powered car, according to a CAA sur...

Today in 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as province number seven. There are six species of Pacific Salmon. Our moon is the fifth largest in the Solar System. From Manitoba with love, the cracked wheat, rye and flaxseed porridge,  Red River Cereal,  has fed millions since 1924. Noah was unable to fish during the the Flood because he had only two worms. There are 49 landlocked nations—two of which are double landlocked. On this date in 1969, men first walked on the moon. The Red River snakes for 880 kilometres from North Dakota-Minnesota to Lake Winnipeg. 350 people list their occupations as agrarian workers in Principality of Liechtenstein.  The first animal to orbit the Moon was the cow who jumped over it in AD 1569. Scorpions, mites, ticks and spiders are all arachnoids. Today in 2005,  the Governor General gave Royal Assent to same-sex marriages. Gorton’s introduced consumers to frozen, ready-to-cook fish sti...

Today in 1534, Jacques Cartier was the first European explorer to set foot on PEI. Buttermilk is an organic antacid.  11,708 New Zealanders were attacked by dogs in 2017.  250 million people in 200 countries play football, a.k.a soccer. When I said to a friend, “Those children are spoiled,” she replied, “All kids smell like that.” Oil and iron ore make up 84.3% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s exports.  France declared Tahiti as a colony on this date in 1880. Violets are blue—all 600 species.   Many of the 59,346 personnel in the Royal Dutch Military are union members. A cannibal will sit down in a restaurant and order the waiter.  If they do, they will die, so most sharks never sleep.  Nauru was visited by 200 tourists in 2011.  An oak tree produces an average of 2,000 acorns each season.  Where it all began, Charlottetown numbers 36,094 souls. The Immaculate Conception may have been a case of spontaneo...

A hockey puck must weigh between 156 to 170 grams. No time like the present, there are 227 days until Christmas. Banana ketchup first appeared on Filipino dinner tables in 1942. Tinkle the ivories of the world’s most expensive concert grand piano for €255,411. It is impossible to play hockey with swine because they hog the puck.  Mahogany is the national tree of the Dominican Republic and Belize. The Ohio River flows through—or borders—six of the fifty United States. Bet you can’t eat just one! Potato chips stimulate 27 pleasure centres in the brain.  On this date in 1949, Siam formally became The Kingdom of Thailand. The older you get, the better you get—unless you are a banana.  The correct term for a single zucchini is ‘zucchina’. China, Denmark, Hong Kong and Finland rank as the top exporters of fur apparel.  Last year, 370,088 passengers flew in and out of the Charlottetown airport.  Bella, Charlie and Max top the...