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Penmanship requires motor coordination of the joints in the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.   Celebrated since 1961, this is Independence Day for 56 million Tanzanians.  The Christmas carol, Silent Night was first performed 200 years ago.  There are seven combinations of single-digit numbers that add up to 12. Thanks to Microsoft, Santa has been forced to switch to Windows from Chimneys.  Europeans grow 60 million Christmas trees annually.  20 million tourists embarked on cruise ship holidays last year.  This little piggy went to market in 1760 and has been going to shop ever since.  Mustard becomes spicy only when crushed. A Christmas tree will spruce up your home.  Icelandic kids are visited by 13 Yule Lads over 13 nights, who put gifts or rotten potatoes in the children’s shoes. Coffee is cultivated in 70 countries. The iceberg that sank the RMS Titanic calved from Greenland’s icy mountains in 1911. ...

Today in 1930, construction began on Hoover Dam. The Eensy Weensie Spider  began climbing up the water spout in 1910. The nearest star to Earth is the sun. There are nine locations for airbags in a vehicle. 50% of marriages end in divorce but !00% of pizza deliveries end in happiness. Pigs are unable to sweat. Miracle Whip is sold in Canada, the United States and Germany.  The name Susan is derived from Hebrew; it means ‘graceful lily’. There are 1,417 hospitals across Canada. Adding chocolate to anything makes it an antidepressant.  Twenty nations border the Mediterranean Sea. In ideal climate conditions, bamboo can grow a metre in 24 hours. Today, 599,419 Solomon Islanders mark the nation’s 40th independence day. Hockey’s Big Six: Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia and the USA. A better appellation for veterinarians would be dogtors. Pigs, elephants and dolphins are the most intelligent of animals. ...