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The Jeep was designed in 1940, to replace the US Army's aging fleet of Model T Fords. Last year 6,609 people were detained while waiting for Canadian immigration papers. Aloe vera is also known as 'the lily of the desert'. After eight years of war, France signed a peace deal and agreed to leave Vietnam. Cheapskate: Someone with short arms and long pockets. The highest grades of Moroccan leather are goatskin.  24% of us have gone camping within the past twelve months.  Water divination was the first use of the directional compass. Today in 1667, Acadia returned to France and St. Christopher's Island, WI to England. Found an old Land Rover while camping. It was a nice Discovery.  An Intex Challenger K2 kayak costs $149.32 at Canadian Tire. Médicins sans Frontières /Doctors without Borders, was founded 48 years ago. The recommended thickness for ceiling plaster is eight millimetres. The nation's third TV Network, Global, went on the air to...

Frigidaire introduced icemakers that dispensed from the front of the freezer door in 1965. The age of majority in Iran is 15. 5.3.% of Canadians hold down two jobs. General Mills has paid stockholder dividends every year since it was incorporated in 1928. Many older Swedes are identified as being alone and lonely; Docs say they are ice-olated. From St. John’s to Victoria, 420,000 transports haul commercial freight across the nation. Yellow is the brightest colour to the human eye. Currently, 23 nations use the Euro, including San Marino, Andorra and Vatican City.  The Canadian Better Business Bureau says the average cost of a wedding is $30,717. It is prudent to put something away for a rainy day, like an umbrella.  If a Brexit referendum were held now, 56% of Britons would vote to remain in the EU.  An ‘eyot’ is the correct term for an island found within a river or lake.  After 48 years of pumping gas, Supertest was sold to B...

This is Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Eggplants have the highest level of nicotine of any fruit or vegetable. Mayonaise outsells ketchup in Russia.  Coptic Christians go vegan before Christmas, celebrated on 7 January. Never encurryge punsters.  Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, 30 years ago today-270 dead. Santa Claus first went to work for Coca-Cola in 1931.  Every two seconds, a human needs blood.  In the 15th Century, billiard balls were carved of clay—aristocrats opted for ivory.  Americans fear that Canucks on marijuana will create a nation of overly friendly, polite people. Musicians began strumming the electric guitar in 1931.  Lasagna hails from Naples-Christmas Eve dinner for many Italian-Canadians. Hermey is the name of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer’s faithful elf companion.  Today in 1933, the Dominion of Newfoundland reverted to Crown...