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215 pairs of blue jeans can be made from a single bale of cotton.  The nation's 10th Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King died on this date, in 1950. Carrots are more nutritious cooked than when eaten raw. Hand sanitizer first went on the market twelve years ago. Fashionistas are totally clothes minded.  The Communist Party fielded 28 candidates in the 2015 federal election.  A group of ferrets is called a 'business'.  Today in 1629 the first black person arrived in Québec. Olivier was a six-year old slave. The air we breathe is 21% oxygen.  A communist is a socialist without a sense of humour. In summertime, Hudson Bay is home to more than 50,000 beluga whales. Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar found in dairy products. Blue flags were hoisted when a ship's captain died and the crew mourned. That is why we call it 'the blues'.  Never cry over spilt milk, just find another cow. Beethoven took music l...

Bon Appetit! becomes Guden Appetit! in Luxembourgish. At the stroke of midnight, tonight in 1949, Newfoundland joined Confederation. 240,000 people are injured by lightning annually; the estimated global death toll is 6,000. More than two million wood-to-gas powered vehicles were built from 1939 to 1945. The trouble isn’t that there too many fools but that lightning is poorly distributed. There are four types of turnstiles.  All soldiers in the Royal Norwegian Army are trained in ski combat. Today in 1821, McGill University received its Royal Charter. Water expands by 9% when it freezes. Never participate in a sport that have ambulances at the bottom of a hill.  The cotton industry employs more than 100 million people. Counting is a universal human activity.  ’The Year with no Summer’ was 1816; it snowed for 12 months in Europe and North America. After a 15-day trek over the Himalayas, today in 1959, the fleeing Dalai Lama g...