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Save the date! There are 310 days until Christmas.  There are two types of world empires. With its population of 100,418 souls, Red Deer is Alberta’s third largest city.  Thomas More is the patron saint of politicians. In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. ~Napoleon The QWERTY layout for typewriters first appeared in 1874. Tanning is a protective measure the body takes when it senses danger from UV rays.  February’s flower is the violet as well as being the official floral emblem of New Brunswick. Today in 1867, the first ship sailed through the Suez Canal. My neighbour entered a local tanning contest. He got bronze.  At its deepest point, the Rio Grande measures 18 metres. Barley is a self-pollinating grass.   Montréal ranks 97th on the national dangerous city list.  The Dutch and French divided St. Martin’s Island between them in 1648.  NASA arrests illegal aliens.  Those who hail from ...

Gravity is significantly weaker in Hudson Bay.  Today is also Father’s Day in El Salvador and Guatemala.  Butter becomes spreadable at 15.5°C. Torontonian Norman Breakey invented the paint roller in 1940. Red meat is better for you than green fuzzy meat.  The average lifespan of a horse is 25 years.  There are four types of germs.  Beer is an official food in the German State of Bavaria.  3 to 1 is the ratio of Jordanians to refugees in the Heshamite Kingdom. The germ crossed the microscope to get to the other slide.  Eating nine kilos a year, Denmark’s best-selling confection is Haribo Gold-Bears gummy candies. Today in 1946, an F4 tornado swept through Windsor, Ontario killing 17 and injuring hundreds more. This is National Eat Your Vegetables Day. Canadians' top picks: corn and broccoli. Mizaru, Kikazaru and Iwazaru are the monikers of the three wise monkeys.   Mitosis is a divisive issue.  ...