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Today in 1977, Vietnam was admitted into the UN. More than a hundred medicines are derived from cattle. The most common surname in this country is Li. Zucchini is the only fruit that starts with the letter 'Z'. Newborn baby beavers can swim 24 hours after birth. Once a sunflower's seeds are removed, the head makes an excellent scouring pad. Ford, Toyota, Honda and Chev are the Top Four best selling vehicles in Canada. The atmosphere is 80% nitrogen.  Eight people a second join Facebook. Robert Goddard invented liquid rocket fuel in 1926. Cinnamon is high in fibre and calcium. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia get half of their electricity from coal plants. Brides originally carried bouquets of flowers to mask body odours.  Sold in 29 languages, we have played Scrabble for 81 years. Humans are the only mammals that have chins. Québec law has forbidden women to take their husbands' last name since 1981. Food for Thought:   Keep...

Today 600,000 Surinamers celebrate independence from the Netherlands in 1975. Turmeric is a member of the ginger family. Ice cream trucks are illegal in the State of Iowa.  Floss became commercially available in 1882.  The Dentist of the Year gets a little plaque.  Canada and Germany are the two major producers of the world’s ice wines. Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper in 1903. Ear infections are most common in fall and winter. The second largest city park on Earth is Table Mountain in Cape Town in South Africa. Always open a bottle of wine to let it breathe; if it isn’t breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth. 25,000 dry oak leaves weigh in at 34 kilos. Open wide! We have eight schools of dentistry across the nation.  Peacocks and peahens are carnivores; a group is called a party.  There are two types of cheesecake.  Trees only hit vehicles in self-defence. 23 million people speak Dutch as their Mo...