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There 12 700 firefighting Kiwis. The act of dividing something in squares is called graticulation.  A pig’s snout is called a grunt. We spend far more on pet food than baby food. When Notre Dame burst into flames, firefighters shouted, “Holy Smoke!”   Myrmecologists devote their lives to the study of ants.  Nunavut boasts 25 hamlets and one city. Newborn baby seahorses are called colts. 73% of Australia's trees are eucalyptus.   If my neighbour drinks any more coffee, I shall ground him.  The Anglican Church of Canada began to ordain women in 1973.  Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Groceries are the traditional gift for a 44th wedding anniversary.  Fidel Castro was school athlete of the year in 1944; he was a left-handed pitcher. A 100-year old ant is called an antique. The Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters. Men get the hiccups more frequently than women. Today in 1910 Parliament c...

Today marks the birth of the Báb for practitioners of the Bahá’ï faith. A group of bakers is collectively known as a Tabernacle.  It has been 43 years since advertising was banned on CBC Radio. The apostrophe first appeared in France in 1529, to show a letter had been dropped from a word.  The third degree is a diploma for successful criminals.  Tonka Toys takes its name from ’Tanka’, the Dakota Sioux word for ‘great’ or ‘big’.  There are three categories of verbs in the English language. On this date in 1875, Icelandic immigrants founded Gimli, Manitoba.  Velveta was marketed as a nutritious health food in the 1920s and ’30s.  Patients must brace themselves for visits to the orthodontist.  Andorra has not been to war in nearly 1,000 years. Bread consists of two parts: the outside is called the crust, inside is the crumb. The Royal Canadian Navy was established in Halifax, today in 1910.  To speak to the...