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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 ...

Today in 1840, Reverend James Evans invented a syllabic alphabet for the Cree and Inuit. November’s flower is the chrysanthemum.  William Colgate began making soap in 1806. The three top condiments in German restaurants are mustard, horseradish and applesauce. Lather is the best medicine.  The average Bugatti owner has 84 other cars, three jets and one yacht.  Nitroglycerin was first used as a heart medication in 1867.  It is illegal to own a pit bull in twelve of the United States. First oil was pumped by the Hibernia oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland, today in 1997. Olive oil comes from olives, vegetable oil comes from vegetables and baby oil comes from—you figure it out. The most important plant in an oasis is the date palm.  Mexico, Peru and China are the top three producers of silver.  At a ratio of three to one, it takes 1.36 kilos of plums to make 453 grams of prunes.  Today in 1558, Elizabeth...