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From Tuktoyaktuk to Pelee Island and points between, today kicks off Canada Book Week. Lusca and mead are the most prominent types of Irish wines.  The word ‘robot’ comes from the Czech word robota, meaning ‘drudgery’. The Russians, Japanese and Chinese plan to colonize the moon by 2030. Human nature is at its weakest level in a bookstore.  Sheep have 24 molars and eight incisors.  The Writers Guild of America West has 20,000 members working in media.  Today in 1830, Roman Catholics in PEI were given the right to vote in colonial elections. The Pillsbury Doughboy was originally named Jonathon.  The Rhinoceros Party’s election platform includes privatizing HRH and paving the Bay of Fundy, for parking. There are 1.99 million Patagonians, of whom 10% live in Chile—90% in Argentina. Domestic manufacturers make 360,000 tonnes of explosives yearly, one of Earth's top five. Lambs can walk within minutes of being born. Sw...

Fun Facts for 30 May 2018 For a richer, more flavourful stew, stir in 15 millilitres of molasses. In 2016, Canadians dropped $7.5 billion on recreational vehicles. For maximum flavour, capers must be picked in the early morning hours. Finns start school at the age of seven. After a class trip to the Canada Dry bottler, there was a pop quiz.  Earth's oldest monarchy, Japan's Yamato Dynasty began to reign in 606 AD.  Ann Landers dispensed advice to millions of North Americans for 56 years.  The average person spends 87% of life indoors.  In 1854, Alabama was first to create a workers’ compensation board. Perfect southern women come with all conceivable belles and whistles. Poppin’ Fresh, Pillsbury’s Doughboy, was born on 18 March 1965.  The legal age of consent is eleven in Nigeria, and thirteen in Japan. Ducks say ‘kwak kwak’ in English and 'kwaw kwaw' en français. Today,17,000 citizens of the British Territory of Ang...