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Today, Queen Elizabeth opened the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montréal. The surname Hubble comes from France, meaning brave of heart.  With a population of  18 million, Karachi is Earth's third largest city.  Scientists who discovered Sucralose, a.k.a. Splenda, were trying to formulate an insecticide. If procrastination were an Olympic sport, my neighbour would compete--later. Commercial emu farming began in Western Australia 49 years ago. 240 canines work as police dogs in Denmark. Today in 1981, a 2,639-metre peak in the Rockies was named for Terry Fox.  Only 22% of  Japanese law school graduates pass the bar exam. The Constable said my dogs were chasing kids on bikes. My dogs don't even own bikes. From 1921 to 1931, Rolls-Royce built automobiles in the USA. The 'Hello, My Name Is (fill in the blank)" name tag was introduced in 1959. The 15th Century contraction, o'clock is short for 'the stroke of the clock'. 'Time is of...

Today in AD 1512, a Doctorate in Theology was conferred upon Martin Luther. The Little Engine that Could has been chugging along since 1930. 1.47 billion people visit Facebook every day.  Germany withdrew its membership from the League of Nations today in 1933. It is a little known fact that bagpipers walk while they play to get away from the noise.  The sunflower is the symbol of loyalty.  The people spoke; today in 2015 the Grits trounced the Tories in the federal election.  German Shepherds first appeared as a breed in 1899. 4.2% of Queensland’s population is Aboriginal.  My neighbour speaks Esperanto like a native.  The first vending machine dispensed holy water in first-century Roman Egypt. In days of yore, sailors believed that having a black cat on board the ship brought good luck.  Saint Agatha is the patron saint of nurses.  Fiat began building tractors in 1919 and is second in world producti...