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This is World Chocolate Day. 92% of the citizens on the Solomon Islands are Christian.  According to StatsCan, 3.5 million seniors drive.  Avocados ripen more quickly when placed in a wool sock and set in a dark place.  Nobody knows the truffles I've seen. ~George Lang Paternity tests came into being in the early 1980s. Today in 1969, MPs passed the Official Languages Act. The first junk food was Cracker Jack, introduced at the Chicago World’s Fair, in 1893. A dream is an involuntary succession of images, ideas, emotions and sensations. The DNA strand asked its twin, “Do these genes make me look fat?” Microwave kitchen sponges for 90 seconds, to destroy 99% of bacterial contaminants. Arthur Ganong of St. Stephen, NB invented the chocolate nut bar in 1910. It cost  5¢. Rolls-Royce builds nuclear reactors for the Royal Navy’s submarines. Sliced bread was sold for the first time on this date in 1928.  Spotted an Air Can...

The Czech Republic boasts more than 2,000 castles and palaces. For North Americans, a generation is 25.2 years. It was 1958 when Swedish surgeons implanted the first pacemaker into a cardiac patient. Mango leaves are harvested to make medicines for diabetics. Patented in 1937, the ballpoint pen is an inkredible invention. There are 219 days until Christmas. The properties of cashmere keeps wearers warm, even at -40°C. For the past twelve years, Canada has not had a Deputy Prime Minister. Ka youbi , 火, the Japanese word for Tuesday, translates as ‘Fire Day’. As seen on Kijiji: Free to good home—no strings attached—four broken marionettes.  As observed throughout the United States, today is National Paperclip Day.  Orchid is the official national flower of Venezuela and Columbia.  Robins are unable to digest birdseed.  Today in 1914, the HMS Empress of Ireland sank near Rimouski, Québec, taking 1,012 to watery graves. ...