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Saint Catherine is the patron saint of single women.  Folks in Burkina Faso mark 60 years of independence from France, today. Only 5% of babies are born on their predicted due dates.  Started in 1913, Toronto’s Santa Claus Parade is one of the oldest and largest in the world. Babies are indigenous to Lapland.  St. Nicholas is the patron saint of bankers and pawnbrokers.  20.1% of Canadian children live in single-parent families. After 14 years of illegal defiance, Southern Rhodesia reverted to British rule, today in 1979. St. Francis of Assisi gets credit for creating the first nativity scene in 1223.  Don’t marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb 80% of Florida’s snowbirds come from The True North Strong and Free. The key that opens the vaults to the Bank of England is a metre long. Merry Christmas in Amharic is 'Melikam Gena!'  መልካም ገና ! Today in 1816, Indiana became the 19th of the Unit...

This is independence Day for three million Moldovans. Hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and tropical storms have killed 2 million+ in  200 years. Laugh often, trigger HGH, that boosts the immune system, be less likely to fall ill.  There are more than 16,500 hospitals on the planet. When the mercury hit 44°C, my shadow melted on the sidewalk. The word Canuck entered the lexicon in 1835. Say ‘good-bye’ to summer in 26 days. Today, in 1912, Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney left Halifax in a REO for the first car trek across the Dominion. They arrived in Victoria 52 days later. The most common surname in Jamaica is Brown. Knowledge is power and power corrupts—it's obvious that when you study hard, you will be evil.  Toronto scientists have replaced barley with weed to create a world first-beer with a buzz. Germany added Samoa to the Second Reich in 1900. August owes its name to Augustus Caesar, founder and first ruler of the Roman Empire...