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Today in 1980,  cancer ended Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope--after 5,000 km and 135 days. Citizens of Malta retire at age 63. Baxter was originally the feminine form of Baker. The science of extraterrestrial life is called exobiology.  A stereo made of chocolate cake is a gâteau blaster. September had 29 days until Julian calendar reform added a day. Québecair was privatized today, in 1987. 4.8 million dairy cows graze in New Zealand's pastures. The Bridge of Avignon is 900 metres long. When travelling on a cramped plane, beware of jet leg. 13% of the Amazon Rainforest lies in Peru. Nazi Germany invaded Poland today in 1939, plunging the world into six years of war. The number of child labourers is more than 168 million. Bombardier, Inc. is 77 years old. Life is a zoo in a jungle. Today in 1971, British Columbia became the first province to ban tobacco advertising. To call is the act of sending out the voice to attract the attention of anothe...

Today is Flag Day, observed by the 104,822 citizens of the Sovereign Nation of Aruba. State-owned Pemex operates 10,830 gasoline stations in Mexico.  The only province with no natural borders,10% of Saskatchewan is lakes and rivers.  There are more than 200 synonyms for the word ‘anger’.  When it’s -27°C, it’s time to head to Oranjestad for some vitamin sea.  Delta pilots take off from the tarmac more than 5,400 times a day.  Twenty quires make one ream of paper.  Today in 1918, Ottawa legalized daylight savings time, to boost production of war materiel. The boiling point of uranium is 4,131°C.  It is ironic that are days are numbered, not lettered. Yemen has no rivers.  An Apple iPhone uses 30¢ of hydro a year, if fully charged on a daily basis. Today in 1965, Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov became the first Earthling to walk in space. Larger in size than PEI, the population of Antcosti Island numbers ...