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Today in 1965, Cross Country Checkup debuted on CBC Radio. Scots consider May to be an unlucky month. The phrase ‘when pigs fly’ is an adynaton, an extreme hyperbolic figure of speech. 34 muscles move the fingers and thumb. Spotted a one-armed man at the second-hand shop.  Pain, nausea and flu-like symptoms are results of sugar withdrawal. Limestone is often added to paint as a thickening agent.  Today in 1990, a fire broke out in Québec. It took four days to snuff the 3 million-tire inferno. One horsepower equals 735.5 watts. Glucose guardian is the gender-neutral term for ‘sugar daddy’. We have been shopping at amazon.ca since 2002. Ranking as Earth’s third least-indebted nation, Estonia’s national debt is 9.5%. Samurai were divided into twelve ranks. According to biblical account, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 mistresses. Bargain: A transaction in which each party thinks he has cheated the other. 53% of Michigan i...

Today is the UN’s International Day of Tolerance. The polygraph was invented in 1921.  The most common surname in Canada is Li. There are 321 Legos in the toymaker’s Eiffel Tower. White lie: Aversion of the truth. 80 is the number of calories in an orange.  The CAA reports that snow tires reduce stopping distances by up to 25% Botanists have identified more than 12,000 species of ferns.  Qantas Airlines was established today in 1920. Frosty the Snowman was so stressed he had a meltdown.  315 klicks southeast of St. John’s, the oil production platform Hibernia is the world’s largest. A kilo of Lego bricks will set one back AUD$83.  Jupiter and Saturn’s clouds are composed of ammonia.  Estonia declared its independence on this date in 1988.  The road to hell is paved with Legos. In 2016, Domino’s Pizza of New Zealand originated the first drone home delivery service. Men prefer to be tickled more t...