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Porsche built tanks for the Wermacht during World War Two.  Today in 1967, Toronto's Caribbean community celebrated the first Caribana. The A830 Airbus can seat 853 passengers.  Revolts take place to overthrow oppressors; the rebellious want concessions from overlords.   Cross an airplane with a psychic--the result is a flying sorcerer.  New Brunswick boasts four artisanal cheesemakers.  The word stucco  means plaster in Italian. Only male crickets can chirp.  On this date in 1930, Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup. A cannibal's favourite cheese is limb-burger. Today in 1975, Petro-Canada was created by an act of Parliament. Shakespeare penned, 'Brevity is the soul of wit'.  A group of foxes is called an 'earth'.  Louis Comfort Tiffany began to produce stained glass windows in 1878. My neighbour would go to the four corners of Earth to prove the world is not flat. The RMS Queen Mary sailed across t...

Today in 1497, John Cabot landed in Bonavista, and claimed the New Founde Land for Britain.  No one’s telling, but there may be as many as 1,000 Chinese spies lurking in Canada.  At 23%, Canada and the United States have the lowest rate of domestic violence. In 190 days we will ring in 2019. 7.2 million Francophones celebrate la Féte-de-la-Saint-Jean Baptiste today, a statutory holiday in Québec. Cremation is a person’s last chance for a smokin’ hot body. Bulrushes, a.k.a. cattails, number thirty in variety.  410 years ago today, Samuel de Champlain sailed into the St. John River, site of Saint John, NB. Cremation is forbidden in Islam.  O Canada was performed for the first time on this date in 1880. Unsavoury citrus risk being beaten to a pulp. Canadians buy 40.4 billion litres of gas, annually. Globally, one out of every eleven adults suffer from diabetes. The harpsichord first appeared in 1397. The lifespan of an alm...