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The three main components of lentils are starch, fibre and protein. This is day 182 in the year; there are 182 more to follow.  80% of North Americans place magnets on their refrigerators.  Today in 1969, CN ended passenger service in NL, replaced with Roadcruisers—a fancy name for buses. My neighbour took the bus home. I made him take it back.  -194.35°C is the boiling point of liquified air. The RCAF was authorized to recruit women on this date in 1941.  For optimal reading efficiency, use the Arial font.  Globally, a dozen deaths a year caused by kite-flying accidents.  Trench warfare should always be a last ditch effort.  Eggs Benedict first appeared on the menu in 1860.  The popular board game Stock Ticker was introduced to Canadians in 1937. Today in 1937, aviatrix Emilia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific. The word hiss is a sibilant sound, formed by the letter ’s’.  My neighbour orde...

68% of Canadians bank online or on mobile devices.  The traditional flower of March is the daffodil.  Eggs Benedict debuted at Delmonico’s in New York City, in 1860. Today is St. Patrick’s Day—an official holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador. For a rash of good luck, cross four-leaf clovers with poison ivy.  Hens turn their eggs some 50 times a day, to keep the yolks in the centre of the shells. The age of a police car is measured in hours, not kilometres. There six parts of a boot are: heel, toe box, vamp, tongue, shaft and gusset.  More than 600,000 will revel in the 125th annual Montréal’s St. Paddy’s parade. Studies have shown that you are more likely to be shot by the police if you run. At its peak, the Roman Empire was the 28th largest empire in history.  In 1760, jigsaw puzzles taught European geography to King George III's children.  The Talmud defines dawn as 72 minutes before sunrise, at which time the f...