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This the International Day of Families. The Reader’s Digest version of the Ten Commandments is: DON’T! Between 30,000 to 40,000 Canadians work in the United States. Eat six prunes for 4 grams of fibre. No matter how young a prune may be, it’s always full of wrinkles. 92% of iPhone users are brand loyal.  In a pinch, grits can double as kitty litter.  161,000 people work for Unilever, worldwide. Today in 1894 Nova Scotia banned alcohol sales.  My neighbour's cellphone plan is unlimited. There’s no limit as to how much Bell can charge. The platypus secretes 80 poisonous toxins. From St. John’s to Victoria, we have 525,757 Registered Nurses. Folks have been wishing others to ‘Have a nice day’  since 1948. The main ingredients in cola are citrus oils, cinnamon, vanilla and an acidic flavouring. Hôtel-Dieu has a maternity nurse shortage; it’s a mid-wife crisis.  White burgundy is made from chardonnay grapes; red...

Syria’s leading agricultural export is cotton.  Wednesday’s child is full of woe. On this date in 1568, The Netherlands declared independence from Spain. Georgia’s official state food is grits.  Rain before seven stops by eleven.  In 1973, Little Green Sprout became buddies with the Jolly Green Giant. Chickens cannot swim. Hockey pucks are made of vulcanized rubber.  The Seventh-day Adventist Church organized in Battle Creek, Michigan on this date, in 1863. Ring around the sun, time for fun. Ring around the moon, storm coming soon. The Big Dipper is called ’The Plough’ in Britain.  At the rate of 2.1% a year, Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion.  The Liberal Party’s nickname, ‘Grits’ comes from slang, meaning to be firm in character.  Air France flies to 168 destinations in 93 countries. Clear moon, frost soon. The international boundary between Mexico and the USA is the second longest...