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Today is Teachers’ Day in Iran. Canadawide, more than 7 million young ladies have enroled as Girl Guides, since 1912. A collective of cockroaches is called an intrusion. The world’s longest opera runs for five hours and fifteen minutes. Opera: Italian chefs screaming risotto recipes at each other.  Skin is thickest on your feet and thinnest on your eyelids. YKK manufactures zippers in 71 countries, in 9,500 colours. Today in 1962, the dollar was officially pegged to US currency at the rate of 92.5¢. Asiatic bears build nests in trees. Cubs without teeth are called gummy bears. 6.3 million people adhere to the teachings of Confucius. Maltese dogs are hypoallergenic. 9% of our nation’s energy needs are provided by coal; hydro ranks first at 59%. The King James Version of The Bible was published today in 1611. It is wise to remove the fortunes before eating the cookies. 87% of us stick magnets on our fridges. The brown bear is ...

From Sweden to India to Brazil, children play ’Simon Says’ in 34 different languages.  This is Unity Day for the 272,000 people who live in Vanuatu. According to Polish folklore, a spider wove a blanket for the baby Jesus, to keep him warm.  Because it is sticky, garlic juice is often an ingredient in adhesives and bonding agents.  An auction is where folk get something for nodding.  The weight of a ten-pin bowling ball may not exceed 7.26 kilos. Kentucky Fried Chicken is now the traditional Christmas meal in Japan.  ‘Freebie’ entered the lexicon in 1946. 15% of the world population is differently abled. Chickens chatter because talk is cheep.  Neptune is orbited by 14 moons. 92% of the people on the Solomon Islands are Christian. The first record of the Muffin Man’s residence in Drury Lane is 1820. Nova Scotia is the world’s largest exporter of Christmas trees. This Yuletide season, don’t get your tinsel in a...

19,808 physicians practise in Québec—73% of those under 30 are women. Sounds are audible waves of pressure, transmitted through gases, liquids and solids. New & Improved, Sun-dried Georgia Possum sells for USD$2.95 a tin in the Peach State. Colourless and odourless, oxygen (O) has the atomic number of eight. A shark’s two favourite words are ‘Man overboard!’    250 millilitres of asparagus contain 50 calories.  Finland’s Smith and Jones are the Virtanen and Korhonen . The Korhenen rank first. The ratio of antifreeze to water for winter driving one’s Ford Model T in Whitehorse is 9 to 1. China accounts for 95% of Earth's rare minerals. Bees hum when they forget the words.   We owe the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ruthenia and Samogitia for cold borscht in summer.  There are an estimated 37.2 trillion cells in the human body.  To date, 5,038 rockets have been fired into space; 92% completed their missions. 10 mill...