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Today is World Autism Awareness Day. ‘Men of the forest’ is the origin of the surname Frazier. Onward Christian Soldiers was written in 1865—for children. St. Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers. Get down! Incoming fire has the right-of-way.  Trees can die of old age; the oldest tree in the Dominion is a 519-year old sugar maple. The first anti-bullying campaign was in 1872 with  Sticks and Stones may Break my Bones. 90% of the 2 million vehicles manufactured in Canada are exported. Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands today in 1982. A sheep was arrested on the Trans-Canada Highway for making a ewe-turn. 85% of Malagasians practise Christianity.  Without the number 2, positive and negative could not exist. The word ‘bionics’ was coined in 1958; a portmanteau of biology and electronics. Today in 1975, the CN Tower was completed, the world’s tallest free-standing structure. There’s nothing wrong with the Tower of Pisa...

A hockey puck must weigh between 156 to 170 grams. No time like the present, there are 227 days until Christmas. Banana ketchup first appeared on Filipino dinner tables in 1942. Tinkle the ivories of the world’s most expensive concert grand piano for €255,411. It is impossible to play hockey with swine because they hog the puck.  Mahogany is the national tree of the Dominican Republic and Belize. The Ohio River flows through—or borders—six of the fifty United States. Bet you can’t eat just one! Potato chips stimulate 27 pleasure centres in the brain.  On this date in 1949, Siam formally became The Kingdom of Thailand. The older you get, the better you get—unless you are a banana.  The correct term for a single zucchini is ‘zucchina’. China, Denmark, Hong Kong and Finland rank as the top exporters of fur apparel.  Last year, 370,088 passengers flew in and out of the Charlottetown airport.  Bella, Charlie and Max top the...