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Today in 1911, Delhi replaced Calcutta as the capital of India. A square watermelon weighs six kilos and costs USD$800. The Canadian Red Cross is 122 years old.  A Visit, a.k.a.  The Twelve Days of Christmas was first published in English in 1780. Life insurance policies may not make the best Christmas gifts. Today in 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff in Gander, killing all 256 on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.  Reindeer meat is tender and lean, often eaten as meatballs and sausages.  Massage therapists can offer 23 different types of massage. This Christmas, give the gift of peace: add a pinch of Prozac to the cookies. The Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted by 195 countries today in 2012. Mrs. Claus is 1,136 years old—but she doesn’t look a day over a thousand! Estonian families traditionally go to the sauna on Christmas Eve. Celebrated for the ...

Today 600,000 Surinamers celebrate independence from the Netherlands in 1975. Turmeric is a member of the ginger family. Ice cream trucks are illegal in the State of Iowa.  Floss became commercially available in 1882.  The Dentist of the Year gets a little plaque.  Canada and Germany are the two major producers of the world’s ice wines. Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper in 1903. Ear infections are most common in fall and winter. The second largest city park on Earth is Table Mountain in Cape Town in South Africa. Always open a bottle of wine to let it breathe; if it isn’t breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth. 25,000 dry oak leaves weigh in at 34 kilos. Open wide! We have eight schools of dentistry across the nation.  Peacocks and peahens are carnivores; a group is called a party.  There are two types of cheesecake.  Trees only hit vehicles in self-defence. 23 million people speak Dutch as their Mo...

200,000 pedestrians walked the new 1.6-km long Golden Gate Bridge, today in 1937.  There are two genres of crossword puzzles. The singular of lasagna is lasagne. Sunday’s child is full of grace. Vancouver’s Karma restaurant has no menu. Diners get what they deserve.  2.8 million Canadians live outside the country. The second most common phobia on the planet is ophidiophobia , the fear of snakes. Society of Saint Vincent de Paul serves the poor, hungry and homeless in 132 countries. Earth’s densest moose population is in Newfoundland, causing 500 to 600 moose-vehicle crashes a year.  Claustrophobic cosmonauts require space.  In order to take flight, a butterfly’s temperature must be 30°C. More than 20,000 Canadians’ identities were stolen in 2014. According to the Thai Colour Calendar, wearing red on Sunday brings good luck. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss “I stand corrected,” said ...