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06 February 2019

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Today in 1951, the Royal Canadian Army entered combat in the Korean Conflict. 4.8 million people live in Liberia. There are an estimated 200 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. Figs were so highly desirable that Marco Polo compared beautiful women to them. Mars must be colonized. If we don’t do it, squirrels will.  On this date in 1952, King George VI died in his sleep at the age of 56. It costs $170 for enough helium to blow up 500 balloons in Oshawa and Durham Region. Mozzarella was traditionally made from buffalo milk.  759 million people cannot read or write.  My next-door neighbour is addicted to Cheddar; he says it’s mild, though. The Japanese, Americans and French buy the most comic books.  Hoi polloi is a derogatory Greek expression meaning the common people. A human hand has 27 bones and an adult male’s hand weighs 500 grams. Currently there are 4,770 practising psychiatrists from Vancouver Island to Newfoundla...