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This is National Tea Day in Great Britain. The five tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy originated the talking stick tradition. The best selling automobile in China is the Wuling Hongguang. Maple Leaf Foods says 530,000 Newfoundlanders buy 1.9 million kilos of bologna a year. Smart travellers in the Sahara always pack camel-mile tea. Today in 1997 Queen’s Park merged Toronto’s six municipalities and the Metro government. Billy Boy has been searching for a wife and cherry pie diva since 1930. Muscle, epithelial, connective and nervous are the four types of human body tissue. Rhytides are the folds, ridges or creases in the skin or on fabric; they’re also called wrinkles. T.O's homeless are happier than those in Montréal, where they must beg in two official languages. To describe a surprise winner, ‘dark horse’ was first used in 1825. 15.1% of the world’s children are orphans. In the Bay Station, the TTC’s Lost and Found department recovers ...

Austrians work 12-hour days, five days a week to qualify for unemployment benefits and health care.  Bid now! The highest price for an auctioned US Navy decommissioned submarine was $180,000. A million Chinese citizens live in Africa, while 200,000 Africans live in China. Autism manifests itself in five different ways. The reward for a job well done is more work. On this date in 1914, The United Kingdom declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. People spontaneously combust at 44°C.  The name Arnold comes from Old German; it means ‘the eagle rules’.  Average tuition for a graduate degree across the nation is $6,907 per semester. Strawberry, lime and cherry are the three most popular flavours of Jell-O. One out of every four frogs is a leap frog.  World Elephant Day is observed, today. The US accounts for 11% of arms sales to African nations. China sells 17% and Russia 39%. There are 30 identified psychic abilities.  Today ...