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Today is Teachers’ Day in Iran. Canadawide, more than 7 million young ladies have enroled as Girl Guides, since 1912. A collective of cockroaches is called an intrusion. The world’s longest opera runs for five hours and fifteen minutes. Opera: Italian chefs screaming risotto recipes at each other.  Skin is thickest on your feet and thinnest on your eyelids. YKK manufactures zippers in 71 countries, in 9,500 colours. Today in 1962, the dollar was officially pegged to US currency at the rate of 92.5¢. Asiatic bears build nests in trees. Cubs without teeth are called gummy bears. 6.3 million people adhere to the teachings of Confucius. Maltese dogs are hypoallergenic. 9% of our nation’s energy needs are provided by coal; hydro ranks first at 59%. The King James Version of The Bible was published today in 1611. It is wise to remove the fortunes before eating the cookies. 87% of us stick magnets on our fridges. The brown bear is ...

Today is Independence Day for 3 million Mongolians.  Roman Catholics operate more than 93,200 elementary schools and 43,000 high schools. When the tubing in a trumpet is stretched out, it measures two metres and then some. Composers have penned more than 4,000 songs in honour of the rose. All babies are born on Labour Day.  Thirsty? 70% of the human brain is composed of water.  Sharks are kosher. Congress annexed the Republic of Texas today in 1845, as the 28th of the United States.  The articulated straw, a.k.a. the ‘bendy straw’ , was invented 83 years ago. Sharks cross the Great Barrier Reef to get to the other tide. Nigeria ranks fifth as having the world’s worst drivers.  90% of all ocean plastic waste comes from ten rivers in Africa and Asia.  Tesla’s Elon Musk plans to colonize Mars by 2020. We have 3,648 commercial nut farms, with an average annual revenue of $726,500. Take psychiatric medications; don’t...

On this date in 1871, British Columbia joined Confederation as the seventh province. Founded in 1946, Sony set up shop in the United States in 1960. The name Omar means ‘eloquent speaker’ and  is common in Hebrew, Arabic and Spanish.  140 grams of groundcherries have 74 calories. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to eat for lunch. Plastic can be made from milk. Le Tour de France covers 3 500 kilometres. Galileo was first to measure speed as distance over time. The baker’s man has been making pattycakes since 1698. The hardest part or learning to ride a bike is the pavement. British Columbia is larger than France. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon today in 1969. As one  of four stages, green cheese was first identified in 1542. Today in 2005, Royal Assent was given to Bill C-38, making Canada the fourth nation to recognize same-sex marriages. Those who iron four-leaf clovers could be pressing their luck. ...

Today in 1745, the British seized Louisbourg-the capital of New France-on what now known as Cape Breton Island. Wedgwood has been a purveyor of fine china since 1759. In 1600, Henri IV of France and Marie de’ Medici’s wedding dinner guests unfolded their serviettes, chefs sliced into pies and four-and-twenty songbirds flew out of each. When spelled backward, Won Ton is Not Now. Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of the British Empire, today in 1838. Although formulated in 1874, DDTs propensity to kill insects was not discovered until 1936. It is widely rumoured that—like the lowly copper—the nickel is about to go monetary heaven. Heinz markets two flavours of ketchup in India.  The best thing to put in a pie is one’s teeth. Russo-Balt manufactured automobiles in St. Petersburg between 1909 and 1923. New Zealand, France, Germany and Spain have banned gas and oil fracking. Scientific experiments reveal that jellyfish love to feast on pea...