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The Government of France owns 15% of Renault.  250 millilitres of white, long-grain rice contains 205 calories. From St. John’s to Victoria, cannabis is legal as of today.  There are more Indian restaurants in London than in Mumbai and Delhi combined.  Folks who enjoy bowling say it’s right up their alley.  Today in 1956, Queen Elizabeth II opened the world’s first commercial nuclear power plant. The Roman numeral system consists of seven symbols: I, V, X, L, C, D and M. From Windsor, ON to the Québec border, the 401 is North America’s busiest highway. Brazil has more than 240,000 dentists—the most on the planet.  A collective of fingerprints is called a whorl pool. Québec’s Minister of Labour, Pierre Laporte, was murdered by the FLQ today in 1970. The good citizens of Christchurch are called Cantabrians.  Earth's biggest labour union is the US National Education Ass'n, with 2.7 million members. Today in 1980, Joh...

Earth’s population grows by 83 million people a year. As observed throughout the United States, today is National Bad Poetry Day. Thalassophiles have a great affinity for oceans and seas. Roses are red, violets are blue, this poem is writ  in the A-B-C-B schematical structure. Roses are reddish, violets are bluish, if it wasn’t for Jesus, we’d all be Jewish. A small North American kitchen measures 6.5 square metres or less. Mrs. Potato Head said, “I do” to Mr. Potato Head in 1953. 60% of the world’s inhabitants live in Asia; Africa is second with 17%. Maclean’s magazine is 112 years old. A Roman soldier walked into a bar, held up two fingers and was immediately served five beers. People who suffer from an irrational fear of the Metric System are called Americans. The world’s second tallest clock tower looms 501 metres over the city of Mecca. The most popular roofing material in the USA, asphalt shingles were introduced circa 1900. ...

Fun Facts for 03 June 2018 Check the closet, and under the bed. Teraphobes suffer from an irrational fear of monsters.  Beginning in 1928, Volvo is now the world’s Number Two manufacturer of transport trucks.  Starting in 1923, humans have explored the Milky Way chocolate bar. 8 million shops from Hanoi to Hobart take people’s 323 million VISA cards, Earth’s leading plastic.  To spot an iceberg, one must have 20/20 ice sight. Automobile manufacturers need to build cars that last longer than the payments. The Roman numeral ten is ‘X’, or two Vs—one inverted—making the figure twice five.  British Columbia is four times larger than The British Isles.  It's a tossup as to whether Denmark or Sweden will be the world’s first cashless nation. Loyalty to petrified opinion has never broken a chain nor freed a human soul.  ~ Mark Twain Nine out of every ten Rolls-Royce automobiles built  since 1904 are still ro...