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This is the 75th day of winter; there are 15 days until spring. The Tinker surname originated with the occupation of repairing pots and pans.  While the lion is called ‘King of the Jungle’ but it actually lives in savannah and grassland. Our universities have a Metric dozen schools of dentistry. My neighbour says he spotted a lion. I said,"If it were spotted, it was probably a leopard."  Today is Shrove Tuesday; we feast on pancakes and baked beans. Marie Tussaud opened her London wax museum in 1835.  Colgate toothpaste was sold in glass jars until 1896 when the collapsible tube was invented. Montessori education is now available as an app.  The best pancake topping is more pancakes.  89% of Canada is owned by the Crown; the remaining 11% is in private hands. The sweatshirt was invented in the early 1920s. Candied bacon is often dipped in chocolate. In ‘what the dickens’, dickens is slang for the devil; Shakespeare u...

Today is Independence Day in Cambodia, it gained independence from France in 1953. 26.7% of the United Arab Emirates’ population is female, the lowest in the world. The Eiffel Tower has 2.5 million rivets.  The treadmill was originally a torture device for prisoners. Parisian frogs routinely feast on French flies.  Bees can fly higher than Mt. Everest. Bananas grow upside down. Elastic bands last longer when refrigerated. The Berlin Wall fell on this date in 1989. Germans are buried five metres below ground; deep down, they’re really nice.  An armadillo’s shell is bulletproof.  Frankenstein is 200 years old.  In Finland, 600,000+ cards are sent to Santa Claus each year.  On this date in 2016, Donald Trump was declared winner of the US Presidential Election. My neighbour has found the truth and it is made of pasta.  Wimbledon tennis balls are kept at 20°C. In his youth, Abraham Lincoln was a licens...

Our first society for prevention of cruelty to animals was charted in Montréal, 149 years ago. Earth’s 16 million tractors are divided into eight classifications. Today is the 200th day in  Anno Domini  2018. Morse Code chatter is measured in words per minute (wpm) or characters per minute (cpm). Farmers routinely milk them dry, keeping their heifers penniless. 118 years ago today the Paris Métro opened to riders. The Ontario Poison Centre lists mouthwash and toothpaste as common household poisons.  Some species of owls feast on fish. With 214 kilometres of track, the Paris Métro is Europe's second busiest underground. The bully who stole my lunch money in school still takes it—but he makes great Subway sandwiches. The goldfish is one of eight symbols sacred to The Buddha. A descriptor for the perfect husband, the term Mr. Right entered the dictionary in 1796. Puffins are the teensiest, tiniest members of the auk family. Anth...