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McDonald’s served up its first Happy Meals to American kids in 1979.  The scientific unit of sound intensity is the decibel. 1/10th of a bel, it is named for Alexander Graham Bell.  79% of Botswana’s citizens are Christian.  It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are ingenious. DNA debuted in The Law Courts in 1986, when a UK teen's genetic code exonerated him of committing two horrific murders.   The world’s largest teddy bear, stitched together in 2008, is 16.8 metres tall.  “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” ~ Martin Luther King At its peak in 1944, a total of 16,000 Gestapo policed 66 million people. Millions have studied diplomacy at the School of Smith & Wesson.  The nation’s largest, Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley Parks System is a 18,000-hectare ‘ribbon of green’ that threads its way through Alberta’s capital. Jamaican...

The UN General Assembly has declared today as International Press Freedom Day. It is estimated that as many as 500,000 North Americans speak American Sign Language.  There are fifteen major script writing systems on Earth.  The average cost of a one-night stay in a state-owned hospital in Georgia is $854. People who read tabloids deserve to be lied to.  The most common robin red-breast killer is the neighbourhood cat.  May is National Asian Awareness Month across Canada. Leather is the traditional gift to give on a third anniversary.  On this date in 1802, Washington DC became a city. To truly understand rejection, one must be ignored by a cat.   The States of New Hampshire and Virginia do not require automobile insurance.  The patron saint of chefs is St. Martha.  Thai people did not have surnames until obliged to choose one by a 1913 royal edict.  There are more than 900,000 elevators in The Unite...