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Today in 1917 women won the right to vote in Ontario. The Shih Tzu is also known as the Chrysanthemum Dog. A pair of pliers consists of a pair of handles, a pivot and a gripping head. The Belgian waffle was introduced in 1958. Waffles are just pancakes with ripped abs.  Lettuce is a rich source of vitamins A and K.  Ozone is light blue in colour and has an odour similar to chlorine. The Dominican Republic gained its independence from Haiti today in 1844. There are 108,706 realtors in Canada.  A clean house is the sign of a broken computer.  The Three Little Pigs were unlicensed contractors.  Cellophane noodles can be made from potato starch or mung beans.  The eighth busiest, 4.3 million passed through Halifax Stanfield International Airport last year. Danish banks abolished cheques as a method of payment in 2016. Today’s pig is tomorrow’s bacon. Bamboo is a perennial evergreen flowering plant. The f...

The human brain weighs 1.3 kilos. Today in 1996, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled the new $2 coin design, a.k.a. the toonie. The princess first slept on the pea in 1835. Right now there are some 20,000 teddy bears up for auction on eBay.  If Ottawa taxed brains, my neighbour would get a refund.  KFC operates 35 restaurants in Jamaica.  Castille soap must contain a high percentage of pure olive oil.  Mail order catalogues generate USD$100 billion annually.  In 1974, Jeep coined the term ‘sport utility vehicle’ to describe its new Cherokee model. The purpose of 4WD is so one can get stuck in deeper mud, further from the road. The first teddy bear bowed today, in 1903. Orange trees are the most widely cultivated fruit tree on Earth. $29 billion is spent on prescriptions in the nation’s annual health care budget. The United States Camel Corps was disbanded in 1866.  Zookeepers have observed that panda bears prefer...