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Diamond is April’s traditional birthstone. The names Faith and Grace were first recorded in Cromwell’s England. Las Vegans may choose among 22 TV and 46 radio stations. The RCMP used horses in daily police duties from 1873 to 1936. Parking meter: a gambling device that bets a toonie to a nickel you can't get back in time. Sunsets on Mars are blue. PEI is home to 300 houses of worship. Wednesday’s child is full of woe. Koala bears sleep 22 hours a day. The trouble with religion is the majority who practise aren't any good at it.  Alberta’s oil sands are the size of New Brunswick. Tempo is measured in BPM, beats per minute. VW workers built 21,529,464 Beetles from 1938 to 2003. In 19th Century England, the wealthy had their shoes polished with champagne. Negotiating a bend in the road is not the same as going on a bender. The rolling office chair was invented by Charles Darwin. Just shy of a million souls, Ottawa is the nation’s fo...

Today in 1497, John Cabot landed in Bonavista, and claimed the New Founde Land for Britain.  No one’s telling, but there may be as many as 1,000 Chinese spies lurking in Canada.  At 23%, Canada and the United States have the lowest rate of domestic violence. In 190 days we will ring in 2019. 7.2 million Francophones celebrate la Féte-de-la-Saint-Jean Baptiste today, a statutory holiday in Québec. Cremation is a person’s last chance for a smokin’ hot body. Bulrushes, a.k.a. cattails, number thirty in variety.  410 years ago today, Samuel de Champlain sailed into the St. John River, site of Saint John, NB. Cremation is forbidden in Islam.  O Canada was performed for the first time on this date in 1880. Unsavoury citrus risk being beaten to a pulp. Canadians buy 40.4 billion litres of gas, annually. Globally, one out of every eleven adults suffer from diabetes. The harpsichord first appeared in 1397. The lifespan of an alm...

From Bonavista Bay to Juan de Fuca Strait, this is National Safe Boating Week.  A bale of hay weighs between 25 to 75 kilos. There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet.  Tuna is part of the mackerel family.  Some folk don’t know how to act their age because they have never been this old before. In Romanian folklore, a seven-year old boy and a white horse are required to hunt vampires. Ho! Ho! Ho! The Jolly Green Giant has walked the valley since 1935. 83% of Canadians consider themselves to be brand loyal.  Levi Strauss received patent number 139,121 for copper-riveted jeans, on this date in 1873. Never judge a book by its movie.  There are 1.4 billion television receivers on the planet. A mosquito’s favourite meal is Type O.  The 11,377 souls who reside in the State of Yap are called Yapese. For £2, one can download the Ten Plagues of Egypt colouring book. I’m thankful that I don’t have to hunt for my food. I ...

The fine for whistling on a Sunday in Salt Lake City is $1,000. There are 16 million tractors on the planet. Fingernails grow twice as fast as toenails.  On this date in 1990, the Berlin Wall met with wrecking cranes.  If you notice an onion ring, then answer it. People express six basic emotions. The world’s first police car appeared on the streets of Akron, Ohio in 1899.  Quaker Oats is owned by PepsiCo.  Switzerland is home to 216 banking institutions.  Folks who can’t eat rice with their curry are most likely basmatic.  Egypt and Peru hold national elections on Sundays. A lemon tree produces 300 kilos of fruit a year. Bell Canada was incorporated on this date in 1880. The World Wildlife Fund has counted 3,890 tigers in the world’s jungles.  Toblerone chocolate bars are triangular in shape so they will fit in the box. 255 babies are born every minute of every day.  Beating bananas--three t...