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As high as 40% of boxers sustain brain injuries in the ring. This is Army Day in New Zealand, honouring the 4,500 regular and 2,000 Territorial Forces.  It is the sulphur compounds in onions is what makes one cry. Mother polar bears nurse their cubs for up to 30 months. Neutral countries—aren’t.   Paper towels in an employee washroom cost $2,340 per year while a hand dryer costs $14.  Today in 1820, the Bank of New Brunswick was incorporated.  The human body is composed of 75 trillion cells. Newlyweds who take honeymoons are less likely to divorce. Love is friendship set to music. 13 million vehicles around the globe are fuelled by propane gas.  According to StatsCan, the inflation rate in 1989 was 5.6%. Prussia issued ID—a.k.a. dog tags--to soldiers during the Austro-Prussian War. Red Deer was incorporated as Alberta’s sixth city today in 1913. The last page of the Chev owner’s manual is the bus schedule.  ...

Save the date! There are 310 days until Christmas.  There are two types of world empires. With its population of 100,418 souls, Red Deer is Alberta’s third largest city.  Thomas More is the patron saint of politicians. In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. ~Napoleon The QWERTY layout for typewriters first appeared in 1874. Tanning is a protective measure the body takes when it senses danger from UV rays.  February’s flower is the violet as well as being the official floral emblem of New Brunswick. Today in 1867, the first ship sailed through the Suez Canal. My neighbour entered a local tanning contest. He got bronze.  At its deepest point, the Rio Grande measures 18 metres. Barley is a self-pollinating grass.   Montréal ranks 97th on the national dangerous city list.  The Dutch and French divided St. Martin’s Island between them in 1648.  NASA arrests illegal aliens.  Those who hail from ...