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Today is National Day, celebrated by 800,000 revellers in Bhutan. 250 millilitres of cooked pumpkin contains 49 calories and two grams of fibre. As observed  throughout North America, this is National Maple Syrup Day. Our sun rips through space at 200 kilometres per second.   My neighbour cleans his gutters every year; he slips and falls every shingle time. Holly is an evergreen.  The Goods & Services Tax receives received Royal Assent and made law, today in 1990. December is National Pear Month.  48 decibels is the level of noise in a patient’s hospital room; 30 is the desirable max. 1 000 kilos of soup makes Won Ton.  Helium is the second most common element in the known universe. A recipe for yams with marshmallows appeared in a Philadelphia cookbook, 131 years ago. Since its unification in 1634, Bhutan has been independent and never been conquered. Today in 1992, PM Brian Mulroney signed NAFTA, in a ceremon...

The collective term for lies is called a ‘pack’. Donated blood has a 40-day shelf life before it goes bad. The value of the artwork within the Louvre is pegged at €25 billion.  Produced in all six states, Australia is Earth’s fifth largest exporter of wine.  Cauliflower is nothing more than a cabbage with a university education. ~ Mark Twain For 85 years, the ‘eight’ in V8 are: tomato, carrot, celery, beet, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach. At 57%, Italy is the EU’s paradise for bank robbers.  A dozen of the fifty United States have official dogs and five have state cats.  1% of Eritreans possess telephones.  Someone who suffers from the irrational fear of picnics is called a basket case. The population of Labrador comprises  6% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s total. An orange tree bears blossoms and fruit at the same time.  It was 1995 when eBay got its start in Pierre Omidyar's living room. An upsc...