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There are more than 300 breeds of horses. Today in 1953, the conflict in Korea ended in a truce. 21,940 Canadians served. Baseball gloves come in six different types. Only magicians can legally own a rabbit in Queensland.  Race horses eat fast food.  Three of Malta's five islands are inhabited. Bugs Bunny is 79 years old.  Ontario is the Iroquois word for 'beautiful lake'.  Long ago, the Chinese trained Chows to pull dogsleds.  The best way to see Detroit is from afar.  The last of 75,000 prisoners arrived in Tasmania in 1853. 37% of us own a cat as a pet.  The Thermos was patented in Germany 115 years ago.  A group of ravens is called a 'treachery'.  Cat bathing is a martial art. The pipe organ is the largest musical instrument.  The expression 'bad blood' entered the lexicon in 1664. Tempeh originated in Indonesia. 92 years ago, Girl Guides began to sell cookies in Saskatchewan. Give bl...

After 356 years, the Spanish Inquisition officially ended today in 1834. CBC News Network is Earth's third oldest all-news channel, watched by 10 million viewers. Labs, collies, hounds and shepherds require a minimum of two-hour walks, 365 days a year. The Yellow Rose of Texas was a popular marching song for Confederate Army troops. Should Burger King marry Dairy Queen they would live at White Castle. Detroit has been home to 175 automobile manufacturers. Manitoba was welcomed into Confederation as the nation’s sixth province today in 1870. Stewed in chicken broth, tomato juice, onion and garlic, Spanish rice originated in Mexico. Honda motorcycles appeared in 1946--they ran on turpentine because gas was unavailable. Old-timers remember when ‘setting the world on fire’ was a figure of speech. Soil consists of six layers. 260 million children do not attend school because the world lacks 68.6 million teachers. At the end of 2017, €7.1 trillio...

95% of all corn squeezin’s—aka—bourbon, is distilled in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Stand under them if you like, but mistletoe and holly berries are toxic, if ingested. Fat is one of three energies necessary to fuel the human body. Today in 1796, The United States took possession of Fort Detroit from Britain.  Cinderella never wanted a prince. What she asked for was a pretty dress and a night off. In Days of Yore, doctors believed the heart ruled the body: cold-hearted, hard-hearted and half-hearted were once medical terms. Kentucky is one of twelve jurisdictions in America’s Corn Belt. There are 166 days until Christmas. Today is Free Slurpee Day in North America’s 8,784—count ‘em— 7-11 stores. Some knights in shining armour turn out to be knaves clad in tinfoil.  As WWII wound down, ten million Germans fled Poland in advance of the Red Army.  340 million hectares of the planet’s forest land went up in flames last  year....