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Today in 1758, the British captured the Fortress of Louisboug—the capital of New France—seizing control of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A collective of racoons is called a nursery. There are only four colours of passport covers. Nine nations possess 15,000 nuclear weapons, ready to launch at a moment’s notice. When space aliens return to their home planets, the first question asked is, “Where on Earth have you been?” Since 1965, this is Independence Day for the 311,739 revellers who live in The Maldives. Unlike most mammals, bears see the world in colour.  Italy has been ruled by 66 governments since World War Two. Kraft introduced processed cheese singles in 1950. The result of crossing a bear with a harp is a bear-faced lyre. Britain and France account for 73% of the EU’s credit card fraud. More than half of 280,208 Tahitians are members of the Mahoi Protestant Church.   The plural form of ‘offspring’ is ‘offspring’.  The t...

Today in 1745, the British seized Louisbourg-the capital of New France-on what now known as Cape Breton Island. Wedgwood has been a purveyor of fine china since 1759. In 1600, Henri IV of France and Marie de’ Medici’s wedding dinner guests unfolded their serviettes, chefs sliced into pies and four-and-twenty songbirds flew out of each. When spelled backward, Won Ton is Not Now. Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of the British Empire, today in 1838. Although formulated in 1874, DDTs propensity to kill insects was not discovered until 1936. It is widely rumoured that—like the lowly copper—the nickel is about to go monetary heaven. Heinz markets two flavours of ketchup in India.  The best thing to put in a pie is one’s teeth. Russo-Balt manufactured automobiles in St. Petersburg between 1909 and 1923. New Zealand, France, Germany and Spain have banned gas and oil fracking. Scientific experiments reveal that jellyfish love to feast on pea...