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Second only to China, India has more than 300 million SmartPhone users. Today in 1930, the British Empire (now Commonwealth) Games opened in Hamilton, Ontario. Every watermelon has an even number of stripes. Marco Polo dictated his travel memoirs to a romance novelist while both were prisoners. That unlimited cellphone plan—there’s no limit as to how much they can charge me. Buddhism was the first large-scale missionary movement in the history of world religions. 600,000 Solomon Islanders can tune in to the state broadcaster and two commercial FM radio stations. Kublai Kahn and Marco Polo were close friends. The Danish monarchy is more than 1,000 years old. Royal chairs are never throne out. Workers in Samsung’s six factories churn out two smartphones every second. Today in 1934, The United States military pulled out of Haiti after occupying the country for 19 years. Bach composed 1,128 pieces of music in his 65 years. The Belgian Congo was g...

The most common surname in Poland is Nowak.  Lotto 6/49 was introduced on this date in 1982. 55.7% of Pakistanis own television sets.  The Roman Catholic Church has proclaimed more than 10,000 patron saints.  Since God made everything, it stands to reason that He must be Chinese. Tums have soothed upset stomachs for 88 years. Excluding those with the letter “A”, six nations’ names start and end with the same letter of the alphabet. There are 24 basic shadow puppets. As used today, the term ‘human resources’ entered the lexicon in 1958.  Internet’s fifth most frequently visited website, Wikipedia was launched on 15 January 2001. When my shadow disappeared, it left me in the dark.  Anise is a member of the carrot family.  St. Clare is the patron saint of television.  On this date in 1870, Manitoba joined Confederation as the Dominion's sixth province.   The world's largest lobster was caught off the coas...