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Bulgarians mark Liberation Day-independence from the Ottoman Empire today in 1878. Zoophobics struggle with the irrational fear of animals.  The first commercial use of tin cans was sales of preserved food to the Royal Navy in 1813. Cedar wood contains natural antibacterial and antifungal agents. The grocery store stocker dropped a case of alphagetti pasta on the floor; it spelled disaster.  Today in 1921, UofT professors, Drs. Banting and Best announced the discovery of insulin. Each year the last day of March and June end on the same day of the week.  Those who hail from Karachi are called Karachilites.  The stevia plant is native to Brazil and Paraguay.  Nutella: The Number One reason to buy bread.  Meaning ‘fortune good or bad’ the word luck entered the lexicon c. 1500. Indoor hockey debuted today in 1875 in Montréal. 25% of Earth's hazelnut crop is bought by the firm that makes Nutella and Ferrero Rocher....

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...