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People from Rio de Janeiro are called Cariocans. Home Hardware has more than 1,100 stores nationwide and one in St. Pierre & Miquelon. Today in 1842 Halifax was incorporated as a city. Daylight Savings Time begins today in North America; the EU has abolished it. Homeowners are always ‘just’ coming out of the hardware store.  Only one in a million mined diamonds becomes jewellery.  On behalf of the Sovereign, 42 Crown corporations are administered by Ottawa.  Indoor tanning is illegal in New South Wales.  Today in 1978, Judy Cameron became Air Canada’s first female pilot. Royals have moved into the neighbourhood; they live Tudors down. A firstborn child is eager to learn while a second child wants to ‘win’. In 1939, Adolph Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Federal Government’s single largest annual expenditure is Old Age Pension benefits. Today in 1922, Gandhi was arrested and sentenced to a six-year ...

Raccoons mate for life. When the fromagerie exploded in Île-de-France, fire inspectors were forced to sift through de Brie. The longest limousine measures 30 metres.  Babies and Pampers first met in 1961. More than a million Rastafarians deify Ethiopia’s late Emperor Hailie Selesie I.   To protect against  the sins of pride and vanity, Amish dolls have no faces. The telephone Area Code for Antarctica is 672. Pteronophobia is the irrational fear of being ticked with feathers. Arabic is the most commonly spoken language in Africa. Bungee jumping is suicide--with strings attached. Adolph Hitler’s first childhood desire was to become a Roman Catholic priest. The word ‘mate’ comes from Middle German, meaning to share food at the table. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary became the colony’s official police force in 1729.  In 2000,  Saddam Hussein anonymously published his romance novel, Zabiba and the King . Churc...