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In the earliest version, Little Red Riding Hood was Italian. Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the medical term for brain freeze. Today in 1968, Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as the nation’s 15th Prime Minister. The plural of mongoose is mongooses.  The world would be a kinder, gentler place if we ate more ice cream.  The Detroit River is 44 kilometres in length.  As a member of the goose-foot clan, spinach is related to beets. On this date in 1989, the last  $1 paper bill was printed. The most common surnames in Jamaica are Campbell, Brown and Clarke. You can’t borrow money from leprechauns because they’re a little short. As copper oxidizes, the green carbonate that forms is called verdigris.  Adidas and Reebok are the second and third largest shoe manufacturers on the planet. Today in 1946, the League of Nations convened for the last time. Canada geese number more than five million.  One day we will need t...

Today in AD 1512, a Doctorate in Theology was conferred upon Martin Luther. The Little Engine that Could has been chugging along since 1930. 1.47 billion people visit Facebook every day.  Germany withdrew its membership from the League of Nations today in 1933. It is a little known fact that bagpipers walk while they play to get away from the noise.  The sunflower is the symbol of loyalty.  The people spoke; today in 2015 the Grits trounced the Tories in the federal election.  German Shepherds first appeared as a breed in 1899. 4.2% of Queensland’s population is Aboriginal.  My neighbour speaks Esperanto like a native.  The first vending machine dispensed holy water in first-century Roman Egypt. In days of yore, sailors believed that having a black cat on board the ship brought good luck.  Saint Agatha is the patron saint of nurses.  Fiat began building tractors in 1919 and is second in world producti...