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This is International Nurses’ Day. Manitoba means ’The Great Spirit Speaks’ in the Oji-Cree language. There are 24 genres of comedy. An oar provides thrust, making it a lever. Navel oranges are not nautical.  A tree will yield 200 rolls of toilet tissue.  Buckingham Palace boasts 760 windows. The gestation period of a gopher is 18 days. May your life be long and useful—like rolls of toilet tissue. People began ‘losing their minds’ since the idiom entered the lexicon in the late 1500s. Fleas can jump 30,00 times without stopping. In 1971, New Brunswick became the last province to join Medicare. Based on lack of competence, benevolence or honesty, trust is broken. Mental illness runs in my neighbour’s family. That’s odd because they aren’t very athletic. Security intel is domestic; foreign intel tracks activities of states that may threaten a nation. The name Holt means ‘small grove of trees’. The Donner Party wagon train...

Today in 1870, Manitoba entered Confederation as our fifth province. To dream about mustard is a promise of wealth, success and happiness. William Clement built the first grandfather clock in 1670. Single-cell, multi-cell cluster, multi-cell lines and supercells: the four types of thunderstorms. Grandfather clocks are old timers.  There are 12 Disney resorts.  The human foot has three arches. Manitoba means 'the great spirit speaks', in Cree. Coconut milk can be whipped into cream.  Snow White treats the Seven Dwarfs equally because she's the fairest of them all.  The Panama Canal is 82 kilometres long. The word dinosaur comes from Greek; it means 'terrible lizard'. Ottawa is home to 14 national museums and hosts 35 festivals each year.  No bridges cross the Amazon River. My neighbour thought he found a dinosaur but it was a fossil arm. Today in 2013, Loblaws announced it would buy Shoppers Drug Mart. Wales is comprised ...

After 356 years, the Spanish Inquisition officially ended today in 1834. CBC News Network is Earth's third oldest all-news channel, watched by 10 million viewers. Labs, collies, hounds and shepherds require a minimum of two-hour walks, 365 days a year. The Yellow Rose of Texas was a popular marching song for Confederate Army troops. Should Burger King marry Dairy Queen they would live at White Castle. Detroit has been home to 175 automobile manufacturers. Manitoba was welcomed into Confederation as the nation’s sixth province today in 1870. Stewed in chicken broth, tomato juice, onion and garlic, Spanish rice originated in Mexico. Honda motorcycles appeared in 1946--they ran on turpentine because gas was unavailable. Old-timers remember when ‘setting the world on fire’ was a figure of speech. Soil consists of six layers. 260 million children do not attend school because the world lacks 68.6 million teachers. At the end of 2017, €7.1 trillio...

The most common surname in Poland is Nowak.  Lotto 6/49 was introduced on this date in 1982. 55.7% of Pakistanis own television sets.  The Roman Catholic Church has proclaimed more than 10,000 patron saints.  Since God made everything, it stands to reason that He must be Chinese. Tums have soothed upset stomachs for 88 years. Excluding those with the letter “A”, six nations’ names start and end with the same letter of the alphabet. There are 24 basic shadow puppets. As used today, the term ‘human resources’ entered the lexicon in 1958.  Internet’s fifth most frequently visited website, Wikipedia was launched on 15 January 2001. When my shadow disappeared, it left me in the dark.  Anise is a member of the carrot family.  St. Clare is the patron saint of television.  On this date in 1870, Manitoba joined Confederation as the Dominion's sixth province.   The world's largest lobster was caught off the coas...