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65 years ago today, the Stratford Shakespearian Festival opened for the first time. The correct ratio of peacocks to peahens is one to five. Althiaphobes struggle with the irrational fear of marshmallows. BC boasts the third largest park system in North America.  All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. Diamonds melt at 2 700°C. Germans know Snap!, Crackle! and Pop! as  Knisper! Knasper! Knusper! The name Jane means 'Jehovah has been gracious'. On this date in 1949, the Newfoundland provincial legislature sat for the first time. It's going to be a very bad day when even your Rice Krispies won't talk to you. The Hamlet of Grise Fiord, NT  numbers 192 souls. To be considered small, a galaxy must contain fewer than a billion stars. Professional charcoal makers are colliers.  To show possessiveness, the apostrophe is unique to the English language. Let's eat Grandma. Let's eat, Grandma. Punctuation sa...

Today, 1.2 billion people in India celebrate Independence Day. A newborn baby unicorn is called a sparkle or a shimmer. On this date in 1483, Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel. 100 grams of popcorn contains 375 calories. Always be yourself—unless you are a unicorn—then, always be a unicorn. The Republic of Korea came into existence on this day in 1948. Unicorns can only be captured by virgins. The State of Goa is India’s smallest in size. 45% of words in the English language are derived from French. You know it’s going to be a bad day when your Rice Krispies won't snap at you. Whistling was once considered unladylike. 8 ½ hours ahead of UTC, North Koreans set their clocks back 30 minutes as Pyongyang Time was introduced today in 2015. Unicorns get a shout out eight times in the KJV of the Bible. Hope for a bright future but build a bomb shelter, anyway. Purple is the colour of a unicorn’s eyes. At USD$2.67 billion ...

Cats can’t taste sugar.  Some 4,000 new words are added to the dictionary every year. En français, the three Rice Krispies characters’ names are Cric!, Crac! and Croc! On this date in 1933, the United States rescinded the gold standard. Before Isaac Newton discovered gravity in 1687, people could fly.  It takes four hours to boil an ostrich egg. Drivers kill more deer than hunters. Tipping in Icelandic restaurants is considered  to be an insult. As observed in all fifty states, today is National Veggie Burger Day. Doctors aren’t worried about Asian bird flu—they say it’s tweetable. Canadians and Americans observe today as National Ketchup Day. The Bible has been translated into Klingon.  There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. Earth’s calendar repeats itself once every 400 years. My boss told me to have a good day, so I went home. A group of ptarmigans is called a covey. Albert Einstein never wore so...