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Today in 1713, Acadians were given a year to pledge fealty to Britain or be expelled. A watermelon is 92% water. Montréal Island is home to twenty off-leash dog parks.  Serbians buy their TV licenses when they pay their hydro bills. Pitbulls are like guns you can pet. In 1980, Ford recalled 21 million defective vehicles, setting an industry record. Bullfighting is legal in eight countries.  Folks have been taking Eno for upset stomachs since 1852. Butterhead, crisphead, looseleaf and romaine are the four types of lettuce. Dogs can’t operate MRI machines but catscan.  Luxembourg ranks first in universal health care. A pig has 44 teeth.  7% of Louisianans speak French. Roller skates were patented in 1760 by Belgian John Joseph Merlin. Happy rabbits are classified as hoptomists. Coriander is the planet's most popular herb and cumin the Number One spice. During The Great War, the Italian Army ate canned pasta...

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...