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Today, Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexico’s victory over the French Empire in 1862. 4726.85 °C is the melting point of diamonds. Québec, BC, Alberta and New Brunswick have laws enshrining grandparents’ rights. The kayak is a military weapon in the British and American armed forces. Friendly fire—isn’t. Jacques Cousteau and Émile Gagnan patented the modern scuba in 1945. California produces 80% of the world’s almond crop.  The percussion instruments—wind chimes are an example of chance-based music. ‘Well made, well priced, well dressed’, Moore’s began to sell fine men’s wear in 1982. Armour: The kind of suit worn by a man whose tailer is a blacksmith. Today in 1972, the Québec Nordiques became a team in the World Hockey Association.  Feeling good, following whims are the basis of self-esteem; self-mastery is character.  Today in 1952, Ottawa lifted the last of the wartime rationing regulations. Accounting for 15% of sales, pineapple...

Weather permitting, today is World Meteorological Day. Love is blind but the neighbours ain’t—penned by Chaucer— appeared in 1405. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is 360 voices strong. Today in 1933, the Reichstag voted to give Chancellor Hitler emergency power to rule. God created stock market analysts to make weather forecasters look good. The gall bladder stores 30 to 60 millilitres of bile. Islamabad is Pakistan’s ninth largest city.  Lord Stanley’s Cup holds 4.9 litres of liquid.  Today in 1983 Ronald Reagan unveiled plans to take nuclear war into outer space. Our sun is the galaxy’s largest space heater. The name Eugene means ‘well born.’ The colour orange is associated with Protestantism. Stainless steel must be composed of 10.5%  chromium.  Today in 1867,Dutch King William III sold Luxembourg to Napoleon for 500,000 guilders. Forbidden fruit makes many a jam. On average, Ferrari workers race to build 14 ca...

Today in 1755, an earthquake and tsunami killed between 60,000 and 90,000 in Lisbon. Laughing fifteen minutes a day adds two days to your life.  Laid end-to-end, all the credit cards on Earth would circle the globe 3.5 times.  The porpoise is the second most intelligent mammal on the planet. Punctuality is the art of knowing how late the other party will be. Suzuki means bell wood or bell tree in Japanese. Cats have scent glands on their faces.  The birthstone for November is topaz.  Mehmed VI, the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, abdicated his throne today, in 1922. Only the mediocre are always at their best. Elephants love bananas and peel them before they eat them. The maximum one can sue for in an Albertan Small Claims Court is $50,000. 40% of all seaborne cargo is oil. Today in 1956, a coal mine explosion in Springhill, Nova Scotia killed 39; 88 were rescued. We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch proverb ...

On this date in 1850, California was admitted to the Union as the 31st of the United States. The biggest diamond producers are: Botswana; Russia and Canada. As much as 20% of all hydro outages in the USA are caused by squirrels. While researching a cure for AIDS, scientists at the Mayo Clinic accidentally created glow-in-the-dark cats. Owners who do not spay or neuter their cats may be charged with kitty littering. Brontophobes suffer from the irrational fear of thunder. 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine. A horse has 205 bones. New Zealand’s Prime Minister appoints an Official Wizard. Cats keep law and order through claw enforcement.  Facebook was launched in 2004. Bricks turn grey in colour when fired at a temperature of 1 300°C. Time for a picnic! Today is National Teddy Bear Day. Prince Hans-Adam of Leichtenstein is Europe’s wealthiest reigning monarch. Polar bears that migrate to Florida quickly become solar b...