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From Sweden to India to Brazil, children play ’Simon Says’ in 34 different languages.  This is Unity Day for the 272,000 people who live in Vanuatu. According to Polish folklore, a spider wove a blanket for the baby Jesus, to keep him warm.  Because it is sticky, garlic juice is often an ingredient in adhesives and bonding agents.  An auction is where folk get something for nodding.  The weight of a ten-pin bowling ball may not exceed 7.26 kilos. Kentucky Fried Chicken is now the traditional Christmas meal in Japan.  ‘Freebie’ entered the lexicon in 1946. 15% of the world population is differently abled. Chickens chatter because talk is cheep.  Neptune is orbited by 14 moons. 92% of the people on the Solomon Islands are Christian. The first record of the Muffin Man’s residence in Drury Lane is 1820. Nova Scotia is the world’s largest exporter of Christmas trees. This Yuletide season, don’t get your tinsel in a...

There are 50 days until Christmas. Belgians instituted the first stock exchange in the 14th Century.  Today in 1993, Jean Chretién was sworn in at Rideau Hall as the 20th Prime Minister. On Neptune, winds can reach 1 600 kilometres per hour. 29% of people sleep with their pets but when my neighbour tried it, his goldfish died.    The E-Z Bake Oven has been heating up since 1963. Sold as mild, tasty and sharp, Australians eat 7.5 kilos of Cheddar each year.  Nearly 70% of China’s energy is generated from coal.  Today in 1979, militant Muslim students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 people hostage. Some of us learn from others’ mistakes; the rest of us have to be the others. Flies do not hear any sounds at all.  65% of the world’s milk consumption is derived from goats. The phrase, ‘practise random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty’ was coined in 1982. Only 5% of the world’s pea production is...