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In the 6th Century BCE, Pythagoras was first to determine the world is spherical. Soft drink bottlers Canada Dry, Crush, Big8 and Clearly Canadian are domestically owned. Africa's second longest, the Congo River crosses the equator twice. Today in 1814, British troops burnt the White House. We promise not to do it again. Chemists who work in the soda pop industry are fizzysists.  99 years ago, Mazda incorporated as a maker of artificial cork; vehicles came in 1931. Obviously not Deepwater Baptists, honey bees communicate by dancing.  From Windsor to the Québec border, Ontario's Highway 401 stretches 817.9 kilometres. Hodophobes struggle with the irrational fear of travelling. God is gracious but it is presumptuous to dance in a canoe. The Widow Josephine is Peter Rabbit's mother.  People who discriminate against redheads practise gingerism. Loyola College joined Sir George Williams U. as Concordia U. in Montréal, today in 1974. Milk i...

Today in 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy. 68% of all Canadians live within five minutes of public transport. Cranberries bounce like rubber balls when ripe.  The surname Elliott is the English variation of Elijah. The crazy man who highjacked the VIA Rail train last week had a loco-motive. Crayons were invented in 1795. The US, Japan, Germany, Poland, the UK, Israel and Italy are home to the most vegans. The word ‘shrink’ to mean a psychiatrist entered the lexicon in 1950. Today in 1876 The Supreme Court of Canada sat for the first time. My neighbour was ordered to see a psychiatrist. He complained they wouldn’t shrink the bill. Attila the Hun’s empire collapsed in 468 AD. A 60-watt light bulb is equal to one with 900 lumens. Kingsford charcoal came from Ford auto production wood scraps, and sold at Ford dealers. Québec led the way, today in 2014 the National Assembly passed right-to-die legislation.  Plant a l...

This is the 12th Day of Christmas; The twelve drummers drumming cost USD$4,0138.10. Brass doorknobs disinfect themselves.  The Duchess of Northumberland has created a garden that features 100 poisonous plants. White oak and white hickory are the most efficient woods to burn in a fireplace.  My neighbour got food poisoning yesterday. He’s not sure when he’s going to use it. Since 1776, The United States has welcomed 72 million legal immigrants.  The first Tim Horton’s offered two flavours of doughnuts, 69¢ each and coffee for 10¢. More than a million people died during the construction of China’s Great Wall. Today in 1914, The Ford Canada began to pay workers $4 a day—the most in the Empire.  When Jesus returns, he will be detained as an illegal immigrant. According to folklore, the person who eats the of the bread must kiss the cook. The first commercial use for nylon was toothbrush bristles. Watch out for Goldilocks, this ...

Most music is written in the tonality of la mineur (A minor).  A collective of jellyfish is called a smack. Still at large, Goldilocks vandalized the Three Bears’ home 205 years ago. Good-night, carton; good-night, jug; Canadians began buying milk in plastic bags in 1967.  We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Aesop Albania is the 25th most visited nation in Europe.  Chapstick sells a dozen different flavours of lip balm. Grade 13 was abolished by the Ontario Ministry of Education in 2003. 80% of Canadians believe in space aliens. Compromise is the art of making all guests at the table believe they got the biggest slice of cake.  Pizza Hut operates 1,903 restaurants in the People’s Republic of China.  Bonjour! The Michelin Tire man’s name is Bibendum.  A single tree can bear as many as 500,000 olives in a season.  A million Canadians qualify for bariatric surgery but on...