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A magnum measures 1.5 litres. The 5-year mortgage rate at the Royal Bank is 3.97%, amortized over 25 years. The traditional cheese to top off French onion soup is Comté. ‘Gobbledygook’ entered into the language in 1944. Scotia bank offered me a VISA with no interest. I asked, “Why do you bother, then?” One out of every three people in Ireland believe in leprechauns. The 'oddball effect' is when time seems to pass more quickly with age, because many experiences are familiar.  Per capita, we eat 10.5 kilos of fresh apples a year.  In Spanish, the surname Cervantes indicates someone of Jewish origin. The easiest way to make an apple turnover is to push it downhill.   Deep and wide, the Jordan River measures 60 metres in depth and 3 000 metres in width. Ig-pay Atin-lay is unique to the English language.  Despite its reputation for endless rain, British Columbia is the driest province. A pod of dolphins can contain up to a ...

A magnum measures 1.5 litres. Spread over 25 years, today's 5-year mortgage rate at the Royal Bank is 3.97%. The traditional cheese to top off French onion soup is Comté. ‘Gobbledygook’ entered into the language in 1944. Scotia bank offered me a VISA with no interest. I asked, “Why do you bother, then?” One out of every three people in Ireland believe in leprechauns. Time seems to pass more quickly as we age, because many experiences are familiar. It’s called the ‘oddball effect’. Per capita, we eat 10.5 kilos of fresh apples a year.  In Spanish, the surname Cervantes indicates someone of Jewish origin. The easiest way to make an apple turnover is to push it downhill.   Deep and wide, the Jordan River measures 60 metres in depth and 3 000 metres in width. Ig-pay Atin-lay is unique to the English language.  Despite its reputation for endless rain, British Columbia is the driest province. A pod of dolphins can contain up to a doze...

Today in 1971 the British Government moved the £ Sterling to the decimal system. Invented by Italian designers, the beanbag chair is 51 years old.  It has never rained in Calama, Chile.  The Douglas Lake Ranch in Alberta is North America’s largest; 20,000 cattle graze on 480,000 acres of grassland. Ranch hands don’t bother to tell cattle jokes to their dogs—they’ve herd them all before.   February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history that did not have a full moon. Astronauts cannot cry in space because there is no gravity and tears can’t flow.  The Maple Leaf Flag was inaugurated today in 1965, in a Parliament Hill Ceremony. Danes obtain 43.4% of their electricity needs from wind power.  The moon is held in place by moonbeams.  Victorian children played Snap-Dragon: raisins were plucked from a bowl of burning brandy. Mail carriers in Russia wear firearms for protection.  A pregnant goldfish is called ...