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It tastes awful but it works; Buckley's turned 100 this year. Weighing in at 140 grams, the Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest in the monkey family. Theatre attendance was considered 'disgraceful' in Shakespeare's time. Synonyms for 'partisan' include: prejudiced, discriminatory, bigoted, and unbalanced.  Dogs can’t operate MRI scanners but catscan.  President Eisenhower proclaimed Hawaii to be the 50th state in the Union, today in 1959. France boasts 13 regional cuisines. North America's oldest city, St. John's, NL appeared on maps as early as 1519. Lost luggage costs the world's 400+ airlines $3.8 billion a year. The psychic fair was cancelled this week, due to unforeseen circumstances. Road salt is mined in the Magdalene Islands; it is shipped to five provinces and the USA. The name Lulu is Arabic in origin; it means 'pearl'.  Today in 1897, the Oldsmobile concern was made official; it would build horseless carriages...

Tuscany was the first jurisdiction to adopt the Gregorian calendar, on this date in 1750. Batology is the scientific study of blackberries.  3 997°C is the melting point of ceramic material.  One of our largest ethnic groups, StatsCan reports 1,035,969 Canadians of Dutch ancestry.  Warning: Dates in calendars are closer than they appear.  108,860 souls reside in St. John’s NL,  Atlantic Canada’s second-largest urban centre. Save the date! There are only 364 days until Christmas.  January’s birthstone is the garnet.  Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India today in 1877. Jewels are like ice cream, there’s always room for more.  The maximum rider count per Montréal Métro car is1,260; nine cars make up a subway train.  The bar codes of all newspapers begin with the numbers 977. Australia became a nation today in 1901.  The myrtle tree family includes the bay rum, clove, guava, allspice and ...