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Today in 1642 AD, the City of Ville-Marie (Montréal) was founded. Paper is the traditional gift given to couples on their their first anniversary. The British military issues antimicrobial underwear that can be worn for 90 days at a time. Lions fear giraffes, hippos and elephants. I wanted to share a joke about paper but it was tearable.  Today in 1893, women in New Zealand were given the right to vote. X-ray machines were once a popular way to remove unwanted body hair.  The game Musical Chairs was first played in 1877. 60 milliltres of maple syrup contains 100% of the daily allowance of manganese. Heard a great local  band called the Blank Cheques but they're still unsigned. Eyeballs can get sunburnt.  Newfoundland has 6 million hectares of forest; Labrador has an additional 5.2 million. Porsche and Volkswagen merged in 2011. Official Texas chilli does not include beans. It takes forever to get reservations at the library, t...

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...