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Today in 1957, M. Lachance—owner of Café Ideal in Warwick, QC—served the first poutine. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, began in 1883. The garn is a unit of measure NASA uses, to gauge how quickly astronauts develop nausea. The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument.  When astronauts crash into the moon they are required to Apollo-gize. Since 1791, little Jack Horner has sat in the corner, pulling out plums from his Christmas pie. The average length of a New Zealand couple’s marriage is 12.2 years. Today in 1911, Parks Canada came into existence—the world’s first national park ministry.  The letter ‘B’ is a voiced bilabial stop in many languages. 100% of all caves are located underground. 11.5% of us live in common-law relationships. The world’s most massive wedding cake weighed in at 6.8 tonnes.  Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.  We have pounded out  Chops...

We ring in a new year in 80 days.  Eight nations border the Adriatic Sea.  Women have twice as many pain receptors as men.  The British submarine  HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years without surfacing. After buying a waterbed, the newlyweds drifted part. Samsung means ‘tri-star’ in Korean.  Little Jack Horner has sat in the corner for 239 years. Camel meat must be braised before cooking, to make it palatable. Today marks Persons Day in Canada, the date in 1929 when the Imperial Privy Council ruled that women were persons, not chattel.  When bottled water is marked down by 50%, it’s a liquidation sale. The average pumpkin contains 500 seeds.  Arts Décoratifs, a.k.a. Art Deco, was first showcased in Paris, in 1925.  Cheesecake was a well-known dessert in ancient Greece. Lights! Camera! Today in 1977, we became the first nation to broadcast Parliament live. Rain falls on a regular basi...

Chandler is the correct term for one who makes or sells candles.  This is Independence Day for 1.3 million revellers in  The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. The earliest known crokinole board bowed in Perth County, Ontario in 1876. Physician and scientific pedagogue, Maria Montessori was born on this date, in 1870. A good chuckle is equal to a day off. 1% of Canadians live in seniors’ residences or long-term care facilities. Canadians buy Doritos in seven different flavours and several limited edition runs.  Little Jack Horner has sat in his corner since the 1520s. They trek to Tavistock, ON from every corner of Canada, the UK, the US, Germany, Spain and Australia each summer for the World Krokinole Championship. Immersion, affusion and aspersion are the three types of baptism. Elvis died last night—our pet mouse got caught in a trap. In 1964, Doritos were created by a Disneyland chef, to use up leftover tortillas. With a fu...