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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. ...

The brothers Kellogg were first to package breakfast cereal in cardboard cartons. St. Matthew is the patron saint of accountants. On this date in 1896, the first horseless carriage show opened in London, with ten contraptions on display. Pælophiles love old things. Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow—and as you contemplate—I’ll go through your coat pockets.  250 millilitres of blackberries contain 62 calories. Art History ranks as the third least useful university degree one can obtain in North America.  Na zdraiví!  Salut! Cheers! The Czech Republic boasts 398 breweries. The flight recorder, a.k.a. ’the black box,’ was first used commercially aboard Australian airliners in 1958. Nine out of ten Canadians surveyed said chocolate was their favourite dessert. The tenth was untruthful. At the 2004 Ligonier (IN) Marshmallow Festival, Earth’s largest guimauve rocked the scale at 304 kilos. The Internet’s cyber sea is ...