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Because Heaven is not enough, 556 is the number of CCTVs keeping eyes on Vatican City.  The largest mountain in our solar system is on Mars.  Of the 192 flags of independent nations, 30 are tricolours in red, white and blue.  Atlantic Canadians will spend $813 on Christmas; Québeckers will spend the least, $458. My neighbour swears that when Santa is in his apartment, he can feel his presents. Chionophobes struggle with an irrational fear of snow.  There are 225 different shades of the colour blue. This is Royal Navy Day in Thailand. Ancient Egyptians buried their dead with necklaces made of barley. It was so cold, the maid didn’t clean the house, she defrosted it.  There are 35 days until Christmas. Not a blend, allspice is a berry. Princess Elizabeth wed Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten today in Westminster Abbey, in 1947. Mistletoe is a parasite that lives off its host shrub or tree. Mary and Joseph had a stable re...

Today in 1863, eighteen nations met in Geneva to create the International Red Cross. The Jaguar automobile company is now owned by India’s Tata Motors.  The Faroe Islands has recorded one homicide in the past 26 years. Hair is 50% carbon, 21 % oxygen, 17% nitrogen, 6% hydrogen, and 5% sulphur. When a flash flood hits your campsite, the tent’s rain tarp makes a handy sail for the rubber raft.  Today in 1982, a jury in Darwin, NT  decided the dingo didn’t do it  and found Lindy Chamberlain guilty of the murder of her newborn baby. General Electric employs 330,000 people worldwide. The youngest person to undergo heart surgery was only one minute old. My neighbour just bought a TV  he says was ’made in Antenna’. He has no idea where that country is.  Hammers can be bought in 23 varieties. 20 species of seagulls live on Earth’s seven continents. Still known as Black Friday, the NY Stock Market collaps...