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Iceland is the cleanest country in the world. The average human takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps every day.  Grasslands make up 20% of the Earth’s vegetation surface. Worldwide, an estimated 45,000 helicopters—including military—currently take to the skies. Technology owes ecology an apology.  Mexico shares borders with Belize, Guatemala and the United States. Mars is named for the Roman god of war.  Earth is home to 3 trillion trees. Lester Bowles Pearson was the nation’s 14th Prime Minister. When roll is called in Parliament, MPs don’t know whether to answer “Present” or “Not guilty.” The Paris Agreement's purpose is to fight global warming. Most dreams are anxiety based.  The average price for a dozen eggs at Loblaw’s in 1935 was 31¢. The hottest fire burns at 4 990°C. The crime that eggs fear the most is poaching.  Iceland has 125 active volcanoes.  StatsCan reports that the current inflation rate i...

Bon Appetit! becomes Guden Appetit! in Luxembourgish. At the stroke of midnight, tonight in 1949, Newfoundland joined Confederation. 240,000 people are injured by lightning annually; the estimated global death toll is 6,000. More than two million wood-to-gas powered vehicles were built from 1939 to 1945. The trouble isn’t that there too many fools but that lightning is poorly distributed. There are four types of turnstiles.  All soldiers in the Royal Norwegian Army are trained in ski combat. Today in 1821, McGill University received its Royal Charter. Water expands by 9% when it freezes. Never participate in a sport that have ambulances at the bottom of a hill.  The cotton industry employs more than 100 million people. Counting is a universal human activity.  ’The Year with no Summer’ was 1816; it snowed for 12 months in Europe and North America. After a 15-day trek over the Himalayas, today in 1959, the fleeing Dalai Lama g...

Today in 1951, the Royal Canadian Army entered combat in the Korean Conflict. 4.8 million people live in Liberia. There are an estimated 200 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way. Figs were so highly desirable that Marco Polo compared beautiful women to them. Mars must be colonized. If we don’t do it, squirrels will.  On this date in 1952, King George VI died in his sleep at the age of 56. It costs $170 for enough helium to blow up 500 balloons in Oshawa and Durham Region. Mozzarella was traditionally made from buffalo milk.  759 million people cannot read or write.  My next-door neighbour is addicted to Cheddar; he says it’s mild, though. The Japanese, Americans and French buy the most comic books.  Hoi polloi is a derogatory Greek expression meaning the common people. A human hand has 27 bones and an adult male’s hand weighs 500 grams. Currently there are 4,770 practising psychiatrists from Vancouver Island to Newfoundla...

132 years ago today, the first transcontinental Canadian Pacific passenger train departed Montréal. It arrived in Port Moody, BC on 4 July. 12.6% of the Bangladeshi work force is made up of child labourers aged five to fourteen. Because they stack and ship easily, Japanese farmers grow cubed watermelon.  Iceland has 2,000 sheep farms. Sherlock Holmes discovered the missing train by following its tracks.  As Canada's #1 circulating paper, The Toronto Star  hit newsstands in 1892. After being a Belgian colony for 52 years-today in 1960-The Congo gained independence. Wearing purple on Saturday brings good luck according to Thai folklore. More than 75% of Canadians gambled in 2017. Edmonton Journal headline: ‘Blind woman gets kidney from dad she hasn’t seen in years’. Founded in Vancouver in 1969, Greenpeace International has offices in 39 countries.  The oldest continuous labour organization in North America is the Internationa...