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Today in 1835,  the City of Melbourne was founded in the State of Victoria. Chinese chequers were invented in Germany. Animal Crackers have had 103 different zoo critters since 1903; now they run free! The USSR dissolved today in 1991, triggered by Azerbaijan’s declaration of independence. Don’t run with bagpipes, you could put an eye out--or worse--get kilt. 40% of all commutes in Amsterdam are by bicycle. Simple Simon met the pieman in 1685. To treat gout and frostbite, physicians once prescribed crude oil.  At 14 apiece, Chile, Indonesia and Slovakia boast the most public holidays. Magic dogs are called Labracadabradors.  50% of Canadians admit to believing in at least one conspiracy theory.  There are three species of storks. Pteridophobics suffer from an irrational fear of ferns. In 1953, the price of that doggie in the window averaged $4. The hardest part of running a business is to mind your own. From 1923 ...

It is healthier and safer to kiss than to shake hands.   Chickens with white earlobes lay white eggs; chickens with red earlobes lay brown eggs. Today, 10,135,303 Swedes party and mark  Sveriges Nationaldag- in five official languages. It would take 136 billion sheets of paper to print out everything that is on the Internet. Old age is when joints are more accurate weather predictors than Environment Canada. Thomas Edison suffered from nyctophobia; he was afraid of the dark. It takes 159 litres of crude oil to produce 72 litres of gasoline.  7 million American cellphones were dropped into toilets last year.  Filled with gasses, the third most dangerous product in a home is the light bulb.  Batteries that struggle with alkaline issues attend AA.  Chewing gum burns 11 calories an hour.  Opened in 1930, the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel is 1.5 kilometres long. Frenchie, Portugal’s official sandwich, features steak, ha...