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The electric buzzer was invented in 1831.  Counting noses, there are 14.32 million Ontarians. Igu anas can grow to be two metres long and live for 20 years. Fifth largest in the world, the Russian State Library boasts 17.5 million books. A group of librarians is called 'a shelf'.  With HQ in Windsor, ON, Hiram Walker & Sons Limited is North America's largest distillery.  An Oxford shoe is a Richelieu in French-speaking countries. Today in 1834, the Emancipation Act freed the 800,000 slaves in the British Empire. The 8,000 charted bank branches may not close for more than 72 hours--Canada Bank Act.  Drink responsibly is an oxymoron.  Advacado prices are so high that the fruit is often swapped out for zucchini. Journalism identifies six types of fake news.  From St. John's to Victoria, the Seventh-day Adventist Church counts 70,000 members. The Right Honourable Boris Johnson is the 15th PM to serve at Her Majes...

The FBI accused Helen Keller of being a member of the Communist Party. To buy a parking spot in downtown Manhattan, cut a cheque for USD$1 million. Archangel Gabriel is the patron saint of telecommunications. From Cape Breton to Vancouver Island the price for a loaf of bread was 6¢ —in 1914. The upper crust is the most snobbish of bread. Plutonium sells for $4,000 a gram. PEI leads the nation in recycling. Next-door neighbour, New Brunswick, ranks last. At £24 billion, the most expensive thing on Earth is the UK's Hinkley Nuclear Station. Mexicans prefer poultry to beef by a margin of two to one. Many tourists shun visits to Karl Marx’ grave because they believe it is a Communist plot. Porcupines float. Kitchener, Ontario is the birthplace of the world’s first Blue Box recycling program. In Sanskrit, ‘the desire for more cows’ translates into English as ‘war’.  Humans are the only earthly species capable of planning. The lazy cobbler wa...

Fun Facts for 26 May 2018 Canada is home to 35 billionaires. A group of elephants is called a crash. Mexico’s official national food is mole sauce. On this date in 1927, the final and 15-millionth Ford Model T rolled off the line. The inventor of sandpaper began with a rough idea. Every organization is perfectly designed to get the results it wants. Of the eight planets in our Solar System, Mercury is the smallest.  Germany is the world’s third largest exporter of goods. 70% of Canadians carry life insurance policies. The cipher was created for nothing.  The World Federation of Lutherans represents 74 million believers who hail from 89 countries. In 2011, beer was reclassified from a soft drink to alcohol by the Russian government. Tennesee’s Official State Firearm-the semi-automatic long-range sniper rifle-the Barrett M82.  Two out of three humans have never seen snow.  Inconsequential pachyderms are irrelephant. ...