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In the 6th Century BCE, Pythagoras was first to determine the world is spherical. Soft drink bottlers Canada Dry, Crush, Big8 and Clearly Canadian are domestically owned. Africa's second longest, the Congo River crosses the equator twice. Today in 1814, British troops burnt the White House. We promise not to do it again. Chemists who work in the soda pop industry are fizzysists.  99 years ago, Mazda incorporated as a maker of artificial cork; vehicles came in 1931. Obviously not Deepwater Baptists, honey bees communicate by dancing.  From Windsor to the Québec border, Ontario's Highway 401 stretches 817.9 kilometres. Hodophobes struggle with the irrational fear of travelling. God is gracious but it is presumptuous to dance in a canoe. The Widow Josephine is Peter Rabbit's mother.  People who discriminate against redheads practise gingerism. Loyola College joined Sir George Williams U. as Concordia U. in Montréal, today in 1974. Milk i...

Today in 1849, the Colony of Vancouver Island was established. Ants do not have lungs. Nestlé Purina is the world’s second largest maker of pet food. The average home contains 200 kilos of copper. Ants favourite holiday destination is Frants. More than 500 million people live in the European Union. The plural of vortex is vortices. Those who build naval vessels are given the title of shipwright.  Today in 2011, US retailer Target bought all 220 stores of the bankrupt Zellers chain, for $1.83 billion. The Pilgrims sailed to America because they missed their flight.  Josephine Cochrane invented the modern dishwasher in 1887.  There are more than 600 types of pasta.  On this date in 1949, Ottawa released a study revealing the dangers of asbestos. In 1687, children began to chant, "Rain, rain, to go away and come again some other day."  Don’t be a salami is the Italian equivalent of don’t be an idiot. Barophobe...