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Today in 1979, The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker died. He was 83. The Oriental rat flea is guilty of spreading Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages. Apple has sold 2.2 billion iPhones since 2007. The radish is a member of the cabbage family.  The trouble with winning the rat race is that you're still a rat.  The body of a squid is called the mantle.   TerraCycle of Toronto recycles cigarette butts into fertilizer, compost and plastic. Motte & Bailey, stone keep and concentric are the three types of castles. Today in 1996, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. My neighbour hates tobacco; at the bottom of his swimming pool it says, "No Smoking". The handshake originated in ancient Yemen.  Ottawa rescinded the War Measures Act, today in 1945. A fabric 'fat quarter' is a metre square. Woven wire for window screens first appeared in 1823. A grouping of quilters is called a block party. ...

Today in 1997, the 13-kilometre long Confederation Bridge linking PEI to NB, opened. Introduced first to the Irish in the 1860s, chocolate milk was prescribed as medicine. Australian laws forbid people from owning wombats as pets. Though China spans five time zones, the entire nation operates on Beijing Time. My neighbour fears trolls. He’ll have to cross that bridge when he comes to it. 41 million Americans speak Spanish as a mother tongue.  The holes in Swiss cheese are called ‘eyes’; without eyes it is referred to as ‘blind’. Bucket list entered the lexicon in 2007. Today in 1868, Thomas Spence became President of the Republic of Manitoba; rebellious citizens promptly booted him out of town. Dictator: A self-madman. Forms of public argument are: protests, lynch mobs, public executions duels and debate. Globally, 36 nations are constitutional monarchies, 16 within the Commonwealth.  Camels have three eyelids. CBCW began broadca...

19 Commonwealth countries are located in Africa. There are more than 300 kinds of bacteria in dental plaque. Today in 1898, Parliament created the Yukon Territory. The letter ‘W’ entered the alphabet in 1066; it was initially written as uu—double u. The young amœba was sad because his parents were about to split. The Swiss eat 11 kilos of chocolate annually. The moat is a type of fence. Pitbullls are a mix of bulldog and terrier.  From St. John’s to Victoria, 1.5 million cars on the road are 25 years old or older. My neighbour opened a Mars bar. He discovered Martians love Canadian Club. Seating 49,286 Blue Jay fans, Rogers Centre turns 30 this year. In the Persian language, there is no word for green.  The French introduced the cannon ball or round shot as a weapon, in 1450.  Tucker and Fuller come from from ‘fulling’ or ’tucking’;  a step in making woollen fabric. Baseball games are played at night because bats are ...

As high as 40% of boxers sustain brain injuries in the ring. This is Army Day in New Zealand, honouring the 4,500 regular and 2,000 Territorial Forces.  It is the sulphur compounds in onions is what makes one cry. Mother polar bears nurse their cubs for up to 30 months. Neutral countries—aren’t.   Paper towels in an employee washroom cost $2,340 per year while a hand dryer costs $14.  Today in 1820, the Bank of New Brunswick was incorporated.  The human body is composed of 75 trillion cells. Newlyweds who take honeymoons are less likely to divorce. Love is friendship set to music. 13 million vehicles around the globe are fuelled by propane gas.  According to StatsCan, the inflation rate in 1989 was 5.6%. Prussia issued ID—a.k.a. dog tags--to soldiers during the Austro-Prussian War. Red Deer was incorporated as Alberta’s sixth city today in 1913. The last page of the Chev owner’s manual is the bus schedule.  ...