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Today in 1871 a hurricane swept up the coast of Labrador, killing  300 people. German companies lose €50 billion and 30,000 jobs a year thanks to industrial spies. The dome on Thomas Jefferson’s home contains a secret billiard room—illegal in Virginia. Friends are valuable, sometimes enemies more so. It’s called the Secret Service, yet everyone knows about it.  Today in 1998 the NWT was divided and Nunavut created. The silent ‘K’ in knife is a diacritic that changes the pronunciation of another syllable. Corn flakes are high in iron, B vitamins thiamin and niacin. Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa. It may be time to diet, if your cereal comes with a lifeguard. Sarah Bernhard introduced the fedora as women's fashion, in 1882 .  Earthlings consume five billion pizzas per annum. Today in 1886, a fire destroyed much of Vancouver. Rolex is the world’s 71st most valuable brand.  Life is complex; so many ...

Today in 1770, Captain James Cook and crew docked in Botany Bay, Australia. Tin does not corrode in water. The western end of Northumberland Strait has only one tide a day. Ford is the world’s largest family-owned business. The new speed limit is 60kph—Fords, just do the best you can. The world’s first teddy bear museum opened in England in 1984. Mondays, crew on the HMS Endeavour ate 8  oz. of butter, 10 oz. of cheese and all the porridge or boiled wheat they wanted. Today in 1903, a 30 million cubic-metre landslide killed 70 people in Frank, Alberta. The proper depth of a bird bath is three to nine centimetres. Scientists have successfully crossed a pig with a teddy bear; the result is a teddy boar. Cook’s HMS Endeavour carried 94 people: 71 ship’s company, 12 marines and 11 civilians. From St. John’s to Victoria we have more than 1,700 YMCAs.  Since 1905, Vick’s VapoRub has been used to treat mosquito bites. 200 grams of kangaro...

Today in 1713, Acadians were given a year to pledge fealty to Britain or be expelled. A watermelon is 92% water. Montréal Island is home to twenty off-leash dog parks.  Serbians buy their TV licenses when they pay their hydro bills. Pitbulls are like guns you can pet. In 1980, Ford recalled 21 million defective vehicles, setting an industry record. Bullfighting is legal in eight countries.  Folks have been taking Eno for upset stomachs since 1852. Butterhead, crisphead, looseleaf and romaine are the four types of lettuce. Dogs can’t operate MRI machines but catscan.  Luxembourg ranks first in universal health care. A pig has 44 teeth.  7% of Louisianans speak French. Roller skates were patented in 1760 by Belgian John Joseph Merlin. Happy rabbits are classified as hoptomists. Coriander is the planet's most popular herb and cumin the Number One spice. During The Great War, the Italian Army ate canned pasta...